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What is soft money and why is it controversial

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Soft money is a donation to a political party to help them fund general political activities, however, this money is not accounted to a particular candidate of the political party. This fund is outside of the federal campaign finance law, thereby, this fund is prohibited and limited if not used for political activity funds. It is controversial because the will be unidentified if this funds becomes a support for a candidate.
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