K Street Café

Anyone who was half-awake in 2008 remembers that President Obama’s digital team played an enormous role in his success by leveraging social media and online fundraising to a degree that no other campaign had before. But other lawmakers were not far behind; now that many senators and House members are regularly active on Facebook and [...]

Have you ever donated your money or time to a political candidate? In the United States and other Western democracies, this is an ordinary custom for many citizens. But according to the Kyiv Post, in Ukraine, people “are used to receiving buckwheat and butter or other trivial bribes from candidates in exchange for their votes.” [...]