There's this myth out there that self-perpetuates that candidates believe that although the populace cares about corruption, they're not going to vote on it.

A lot of organizations have pointed out that under public financing systems, you see a lot more candidates of color and a lot more women. But you also see the power base behind these candidates is more representative and far less exclusively wealthy.

So one of the things I want to focus on is how we can show how taking on private financing is taking on this fundamental democratic threat.

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