It seems only academics and activists (but I repeat myself) seem to care about campaign finance issues and “money in politics.”  The inordinate focus on campaign finance and “dark money” has been a topic of conversation at the meetings at the Democratic National Committee meetings this week.  It turns out voters don’t care, the dark money fear mongering message doesn’t penetrate, and the Democrats are moving on.  The Washington Times:

And Ken Martin, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, said campaign finances issues were “inside baseball.”  “Americans are focused on bread and butter issues and could care less about who is funding the campaigns,” he said. Mr. Martin, who leads the campaign finance reform committee for the Association of State Democratic Chairs, said that the effect of money in politics was an important issue but “people don’t care.”