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Should corporations, unions, and non-profit organizations be allowed to donate to political parties?

In the UK there are no limits on the amount of donations a political party may receive. Political parties may only accept donations over £200 from registered voters, party members, companies, trade union or a building society. Political parties may only spend £30,000 for each constituency that it contests in a general election. If a party ran a candidate in each of the 650 UK constituencies, its maximum spend would total £19.5m.

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37%
Yes
63%
No
28%
Yes
53%
No
8%
Yes, but limit the amount they can donate
5%
No, these types of donations just turn into bribes
3%
No, but allow donations from unions and non-profits
2%
No, and political campaigns should be publicly funded

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 @BDYRW7C answered…2wks2W

Yes, but their donations must be public.

 @BDSJHTGanswered…4wks4W

BAN ALL CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES TO DONATE MILLIONS TO LOBBY POLITICIANS, but make it publicly funded and be able for Non-Profit organisations and unions to donate

 @BDG7H7Lanswered…2mos2MO

yes but with restrictions on what this means e.g. should not turn into bribes

 @BD39LT4answered…2mos2MO

Yes, but greatly limit the amount they can donate

 @B6M4SFRanswered…10mos10MO

Absolutely not as donations and lobbying is essentially glorified bribery, but allow donations from unions, and allow all other political donations to be pooled together with public political campaign fund and fairly distributed (exceptions made for smaller parties)

 @B63SHNCanswered…11mos11MO

Yes, but there should be a limit on what they can donate and all donations have to be available publicly (and accessible) so voters can see who’s paying who.

 @B62XHPHanswered…12mos12MO

Only allow donations from trade unions and completely ban corporations and non-profit from donating to political campaigns.

 @B5ZXVSHanswered…12mos12MO

Yes, but limit the amount they can donate and use public funding based on previous election results.

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