What is the difference between hard money and soft money?


contributions that go to the party and indirectly benefit the candidate are hard money and contributions that go directly to a candidate are soft money


contributions that go directly to a candidate are hard money while those that go to the party and indirectly benefit the candidate are soft money


"there is no difference because in Buckley v. Valeo the USSC stated that money is speech, thus you can give as much as possible. "


"Citizens United fixed this issue in regard to soft money and hard money, the only perplexing issue that must be addressed is dark money. "