{"id":18763,"date":"2024-06-06T09:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=18763"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:45:47","slug":"wir-das-volk","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/resources\/we-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Wir, das Volk"},"template":"","class_list":["post-18763","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_type-report"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Our Small Dollars, Our Elections, Our Voices.","featured_image":2789,"resource_type":150,"authors":"","related_issues":[2082,137,2066],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"returning-political-power-to-citizens\" class=\"module section-header no-section-bg-image activeSection\" data-anchor=\"returning-political-power-to-citizens\">\r\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h2 class=\"section-header-title\">Die politische Macht den B\u00fcrgern zur\u00fcckgeben<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\nCitizen-funded elections represent the most successful effort to combat the domination of Big Money over our democracy, from policy debates on health care to stewardship of our children\u2019s planet.\r\n\r\nThe goal of citizen-funded election programs is not simply to pay for individuals to run for office, instead the programs should serve everyday Americans.\r\n\r\nAnd they do.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image":{"image":18766,"width":"medium"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3>Von B\u00fcrgern finanzierte Kandidaten konzentrieren sich auf die Belange der Arbeiterklasse<\/h3>\r\nBy eliminating the candidates\u2019 reliance on perpetual high-dollar fundraising, it allows candidates to focus more on working-class voters, listening to their needs and concerns, instead of \u201cdialing for dollars\u201d to keep their campaigns running.\r\n\r\nWith citizen-funded elections, lawmakers return to voters across race, gender, class, and party more authority to determine who will represent them in government. This gives everyone more power to shift focus to policies that favor everyday Americans. This is not just rhetoric, it is really important.\r\n\r\nIn one state, individual donations went from making up 49% of total political contributions to representing 99% of contributions over the course of 12 years."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_basic_html","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_basic_html":{"heading":"","code":"<iframe title=\"\" aria-label=\"Multiple Donuts\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-OG3lQ\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/OG3lQ\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"336\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\r\n<\/script>","width":"narrow"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\nDas hei\u00dft, dass das Geld von Lobbyisten und PACs von einem Gro\u00dfteil der Spenden der Kandidaten auf nur 11 TP3B der gesamten Spenden aus der Quelle gesunken ist. Wir haben in diesen Jahren gesehen, dass die Abh\u00e4ngigkeit der Kandidaten von Kleinspendern auch dazu gef\u00fchrt hat, dass die politische Macht von reichen Spendern und Unternehmen auf die Bev\u00f6lkerung \u00fcbergegangen ist.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Von B\u00fcrgern finanzierte Kandidaten repr\u00e4sentieren ihre W\u00e4hlerschaft besser<\/h3>\r\nProgramme f\u00fcr Kleinspender \u00f6ffnen den Weg auch f\u00fcr eine gr\u00f6\u00dfere Zahl qualifizierter Kandidaten, die oft aus unterschiedlichen ethnischen, geschlechtlichen, sozialen und parteipolitischen Gr\u00fcnden unterschiedlicher Herkunft sind und denen sonst die Mittel f\u00fcr eine Kandidatur fehlen w\u00fcrden. Viele Basiskandidaten in staatlichen und lokalen Programmen im ganzen Land sagen, dass sie sich ohne die Finanzierung durch diese Programme nie um ein \u00f6ffentliches Amt beworben h\u00e4tten.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"Letitia James is the current Attorney General of New York, elected in 2018. She is the first African-American and the first woman to be elected to the position. She credit\u2019s NYC\u2019s campaign financing system for helping her get her start in politics.\r\n\r\n\u201cI came from a hard working family that believed in god and country but we were a humble family, not wealthy, humble. The fact is that I would not be in politics today were it not for NYC\u2019s campaign financing system. I did not have a deep financial infrastructure. I relied upon working people, regular working people.\u201d","image":18771,"post_link":"","button_text":"","secondary_link":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\nDie teilnehmenden Kandidaten reichen von Anw\u00e4lten und Lehrern bis hin zu Polizisten, Nationalgardisten, Immobilienmaklern und IT-Technikern. Viele dieser Kandidaten wurden bereits vereidigt.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h3>B\u00fcrgerfinanzierung f\u00fchrt zu mehr b\u00fcrgerschaftlichem Engagement<\/h3>\r\nTo qualify for funding, candidates first need to go out and meet individual residents and collect a certain number of small donations to show the support necessary to qualify.\r\n\r\nThis process imbues the small donor with a certain degree of power\u2014a real \u201ccitizen\u2019s power\u201d\u2014and once vested with that power, the individual often becomes recognized as part of the candidate\u2019s team. Small donors are more likely to participate, more likely to volunteer, more valued by politicians, and more integral to the electoral process.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3>B\u00fcrgerfinanzierung zahlt sich durch K\u00fcrzung der Beg\u00fcnstigungen von Sonderinteressen mehr als aus<\/h3>\r\nCitizen-funding of elections may sound expensive, but experience shows that it actually generates billions of dollars in state revenue over the years, as special interests are sidelined, loopholes are closed, and decisions are made in the public interest.\r\n\r\nLobbyists and wealthy special interests understand the return on investment in political spending, that\u2019s why they\u2019re constantly investing and reaping the benefits. Citizen-funded elections finally allow the general public to invest in its interests, with results that dwarf the cost of running the program.\r\n\r\nIn one state, closing tax exemptions alone saved over four billion dollars over 13 years."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image":{"image":18777,"width":"medium"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"a-proven-track-record-of-success\" class=\"module section-header has-section-bg-image\" data-anchor=\"a-proven-track-record-of-success\">\r\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h2 class=\"section-header-title\">Eine nachgewiesene Erfolgsbilanz<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"section-header-subtitle\">\r\n\r\nCitizen-funded elections are a proven success, more places are adopting them every year, and we're working to spread the benefits of these programs across the nation.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Beispiele aus der Praxis zeigen die Wirkung von B\u00fcrgerwahlen<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe don\u2019t have to take the benefits of citizen-funded democracy on faith. Connecticut implemented such a program over a decade ago, and in the intervening years, people have seen substantial positive change.\r\n\r\n99% of election contributions in Connecticut now come from individual donors, leading to billions of dollars saved through closed tax loopholes, greater diversity and representation in the legislature, and increased participation in civic institutions, and led the state to become the first in the nation to pass sweeping health care for service workers.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_video","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_video":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iZ7TVo0rzWM?si=UFnD1QGW0pTOiTnM","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"The Citizens\u2019 Election Program has set the standard for a state model of reform that inspires hope for change across a country ready for healthy democracy reform. Citizen-funded election programs step in to create space for policies that favor large swaths of every day Americans. Particularly when combined with restrictions on lobbyist and government contractor contributions, these reforms represent the best way to prevent government capture by the wealthy.\r\n\r\nRead our report on the Connecticut\u2019s Citizens\u2019 Election Program.","image":18805,"post_link":"","button_text":"","secondary_link":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\nThis is a model of reform that inspires hope for change across a country ready for healthy democracy reform. Citizen-funded election programs step in to create space for policies that favor large swaths of everyday Americans. Particularly when combined with restrictions on lobbyist and government contractor contributions, these reforms represent the best way to prevent government capture by the wealthy.\r\n\r\nRead our report on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/resource\/amplifying-small-dollar-donors-in-the-citizens-united-era-connecticut\/\">Wahlprogramm f\u00fcr B\u00fcrger von Connecticut.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3><b>New Yorker Programm st\u00e4rkt Kandidaten und Spender<\/b><\/h3>\r\nNew York City\u2019s campaign finance matching program has been in operation for more than 20 years, providing matching funds for small donations from local constituents. Through a system of incentives, the program has decreased reliance on big-money contributions and has helped develop a diverse base of small-dollar contributions in every neighborhood. City council candidates now receive over 80% of their campaign contributions from New York City residents, and over 60% of city council campaign funds come from a combination of small contributions and public matching funds. The program is a model for advocates across the country and demonstrates what we gain when we invest public funds in our democracy: a democracy that belongs to all of us.\r\n\r\nAnd after years of advocacy, the program was adopted state-wide.. Once it is up and running, the new New York state program should pave the way for a state government that better reflects the diversity of the state and the needs of everyone.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h3><b>B\u00fcrgerorientierte Demokratie gewinnt in Maryland an Dynamik\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\r\nMaryland stellt Kleinspendern in mehreren Bezirken des Staates Matching Funds zur Verf\u00fcgung, die mindestens die H\u00e4lfte der Einwohner erreichen. Diese lokalen Programme haben mehr Kandidaten ermutigt, sich um ein Amt zu bewerben, und sie ermutigt, Geld von einer vielf\u00e4ltigeren Bev\u00f6lkerung zu sammeln. Da immer mehr Menschen in Maryland lokale Programme erleben, hat die Dynamik der Unterst\u00fctzung f\u00fcr solche Initiativen weiter zugenommen. Bef\u00fcrworter und Reformer dr\u00e4ngten den Staat auch dazu, das Gouverneursprogramm des Staates zu modernisieren und zu finanzieren, was einen enormen Sieg f\u00fcr die Demokratie und weitere Dynamik in Richtung einer Regierung darstellte, die Menschen aus allen Gesellschaftsschichten widerspiegelt und Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Erfahrungen zuh\u00f6rt.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h3><b>Kalifornien st\u00e4rkt seine B\u00fcrger durch lokale Kleinspenderprogramme<\/b><\/h3>\r\nEin weiterer Lichtblick im Land ist der Bundesstaat Kalifornien, der lokale Kleinspenderprogramme nutzt, um eine Demokratie aufzubauen, in der breite Bev\u00f6lkerungsschichten mehr Einfluss auf die Gesetzgeber haben als wohlhabende Lobbyisten. Das Los Angeles Matching Funds Program ist ein altbew\u00e4hrtes Kleinspenderprogramm, das in einem gro\u00dfen Erfolg f\u00fcr die Demokratie und die Bev\u00f6lkerung von Los Angeles modernisiert wurde. Neben Los Angeles haben zahlreiche andere lokale Programme die Macht wieder an die Bev\u00f6lkerung zur\u00fcckgegeben, und Oakland, San Jose und San Diego bereiten sich darauf vor, dasselbe zu tun. Dies ist ein enormer Impuls f\u00fcr die Bev\u00f6lkerung Kaliforniens.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"making-change-possible\" class=\"module section-header has-section-bg-image\" data-anchor=\"making-change-possible\">\r\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<div class=\"section-header-subtitle\">\r\n\r\n<b>Alle Politik ist lokal<\/b>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\nEs wird oft gesagt, dass Politik immer lokal stattfindet. Bei Kleinspenderprogrammen trifft dies auf vielen Ebenen zu. Wir sehen mehr Kandidaten von der Basis, die mit mehr lokalen Kleinspendern sprechen. Dies ebnet den Weg f\u00fcr eine lokale Regierung, die die lokale Vielfalt widerspiegelt und die Bed\u00fcrfnisse aller ihrer Einwohner vertritt. Was auch stimmt, ist, dass diese lokalen Programme andere benachbarte lokale Programme im Staat beeinflussen. Wenn mehr Menschen in lokalen Programmen von der Kleinspenderdemokratie profitieren, ebnet dies den Weg f\u00fcr ihre Nachbarn, Macht und Einfluss zu gewinnen, um Ver\u00e4nderungen in ihrem Parlament herbeizuf\u00fchren.\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2 class=\"section-header-title\">Ver\u00e4nderungen m\u00f6glich machen<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"section-header-subtitle\">\r\n\r\nWenn gew\u00e4hlte Amtstr\u00e4ger ihr Amt antreten, die von den B\u00fcrgern finanziert werden, k\u00f6nnen Sonderinteressen und reiche Spender nicht l\u00e4nger jeglichen Fortschritt bei wichtigen Themen blockieren, die von der breiten \u00d6ffentlichkeit unterst\u00fctzt werden, wie etwa eine gerechtere Gesundheitsversorgung, die Bew\u00e4ltigung der drohenden Herausforderungen des Klimawandels und vieles mehr.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Erfolge im Gesundheitswesen in Connecticut nach von B\u00fcrgern finanzierten Wahlen<\/h3>\r\nConnecticut became the first state in the nation to pass sweeping health care across the state for service workers after the new program was implemented and shifted the balance to the people. Previously, opposition from business interests had blocked any progress on paid sick leave. In 2010, however, the first gubernatorial candidate to run and win under the new landscape campaigned on a promise of paid sick days. One year later, he supported paid sick leave once elected, together with the legislature made up of a majority of other lawmakers elected through the small-donor democracy program.\r\n\r\nThe state\u2019s paid sick day law is ultimately a testament to what happens when the paradigm of how we elect representatives shifts and wealthy interests lose their stranglehold over policy discussions. Freed from reliance on large checks from lobbyists and the chamber of commerce, state elected leaders were able to focus on the needs of more voters, starting on the campaign trail and continuing in office. This has led to transformative policies for everyday Americans such as paid sick leave coverage, healthier food choices in schools, and sweeping consumer protections."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_pull_quote","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_pull_quote":{"quote":"The only chance we have at passage is because of the Citizens\u2019 Election Program. The legislature is not beholden to the lobbyists of big industries. They are beholden to the people of the state of Connecticut.","attribution":"Tara Cook-Littman, January 16, 2020"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div id=\"democracy-working-for-the-people\" class=\"module section-header has-section-bg-image\" data-anchor=\"democracy-working-for-the-people\">\r\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n<h2 class=\"section-header-title\">Demokratie im Dienste der Menschen<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"\" class=\"module full-content activeSection\" data-anchor=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\r\n\r\nThe challenges facing our state and local governments require sound judgment and compromise among our elected leaders who are routinely forced to make difficult decisions.\r\n\r\nThe fact that a growing number of our state and local elected leaders around the country are participating in citizen-funded election programs and are thus free from the outsized influence of Big Money should restore voters\u2019 faith that democracy can work for her citizens.\r\n\r\nIn this sense, citizen-funded election programs are fulfilling the ultimate goal\u2014shifting more of the power and promise of democracy to all of its rightful owners, the people.\r\n\r\nFrom the waitress running for a seat in the House of Representatives to the grandfather on a fixed income who gave $5 to a candidate he believed in, we are all working to improve our government.\r\n\r\nWe, the people, are indeed returning power and opportunity to the voices of everyday Americans who represent our nation\u2019s hope, possibility and promise, and of that we should be very, very proud.\r\n\r\nThis is what democracy should be and what it could be, and it is happening at the state and local level. But we cannot rest, not yet.\r\n\r\nWe must continue turning up and turning out to make our democracy work for all of us by supporting even more of these programs, no matter what. Join us.\r\n\r\n<em>Beth Rotman ist Direktorin f\u00fcr Geld in Politik und Ethik bei Common Cause. Sie war au\u00dferdem Gr\u00fcndungsdirektorin des Citizens\u2018 Election Program von Connecticut und stellvertretende General Counsel des NYC Campaign Finance Board.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We the People - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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