The Public Backlash against PACs
研究发现美国公众普遍不信任政治行动委员会，认为其损害民主进程，这种负面态度与个人社会经济地位、意识形态无关，而与对未来的乐观程度及对政治、法律、经济机构的信心高度相关。
The American public distrusts political action committees and considers them harmful to the nation's democratic political process. This negative reaction is independent of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, political ideology, and party affiliation, but is highly correlated with optimism about the future and confidence in the nation's political, legal, and economic institutions and their leaders. The findings of this study suggest that business must undertake substantive and communications-related measures to improve public perception of PAC activities if it is to maintain societal legitimacy in its involvement in the political process.