1. Money wins Elections

    Keep scrolling. See how money distorts your government, and what you can do about it.

    There were 435 House elections in the 2012 cycle.

    The candidates that outspent their opponents won 95% of them.

    Michelle Bachmann outspent Jim Graves and won

  2. A tiny group of powerful funders give our politicians the money they need to win elections.

    Less than 1% of Americans,

    contribute 68% of all election funding

  3. These big funders use their influence to lobby for policies and laws that benefit themselves.

  4. Should there be stricter laws regulating gun-ownership?

    Congress received $240,000 to support this
    Congress received $5,600,000 to oppose this
     

    Source: Gun Control vs. Gun Right" —Center for Responsive Politics

  5. Should there be stricter guidelines for food marketed to children in schools?

    Congress received $2,200,000 to support this
    Congress received $51,000,000 to oppose this
     

    Source: "Food and media companies lobby to weaken guidelines on marketing food to children" —Sunlight Foundation

  6. Should the Keystone XL Pipeline transporting oil from Alberta to Texas be approved?

    Congress received $175,000,000 to support this
    Congress received $5,000,000 to oppose this
     

    Source: "Political Money Predicts the Future of Keystone" —United Republic

  7. Should the CISPA Cybersecurity Bill be passed?

    Congress received $605,000,000 to support this
    Congress received $4,300,000 to oppose this
     

    Source: "Pro-CISPA forces spend 140 times more lobbying than opponents" —Sunlight Foundation

  8. Real change can’t happen when elections can be bought.

    It’s a rigged game.

    But we can fix it.

  9. Here’s How

    The American Anti-corruption Act gives $100 to each voter every election cycle, to invest in politicians they believe in.

    Together, this gives ordinary citizens up to $7,500,000,000 in citizen directed campaign funding.

    *Where does this number come from? Didn't it say 30 billion earlier?

    The American Anti-corruption Act gives ordinary citizens the influence we deserve.

  10. You can fix Congress. Tell Congress to pass the American Anti-Corruption Act
    Learn more about it here

This is part of Tony Chu’s MFA Interaction Design thesis project at the School of Visual Arts. You can reach me @tonyhschu or tonyhschu@gmail.com.

Attributions: Capitol Hill photo via Wikipedia. Icons: Oil, Gun and Broken Computer designed by Chris Broughton from The Noun Project