What Does Transparency Tell Us About a Presidential Campaign?

The Takeaway

All presidential campaigns have to report expenditures of $200 or more, and they’ll all throw in some token small stuff, but no one takes campaign finance disclosures more seriously than the campaign of Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Every bank fee, refueling, and purchase of morning coffee is reported in the Paul campaign’s FEC reports. How do the other major candidates compare to the Paul campaign?   Kim Barker, reporter for ProPublica, explains what a campaign’s transparency tells us about the candidate.

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