Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Disrupting Political Campaigns: Shifting Political Influence from the Money to the Many'

Aspen Ideas Festival
From left to right: Heather Smith, John Pudner, Heather McGhee, Ben Rattray, and moderator David Leonhardt at the Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30, 2015.
Olivier Douliery | Aspen Ideas Festival

A freewheeling discussion featuring Heather Smith of Rock the Vote, who's now at Google, John Pudner of Take Back Our Republic, Heather McGhee of Demos and Ben Rattray, the founder of Change.org.

Opening remarks by Lucas Welch, executive director of the Aspen Institute's "Pluribus Project" on political empowerment.

David Leonhart of the New York Times moderated a discussion June 30, 2015 at the Aspen Ideas Festival titled, "Disrupting Political Campaigns: Shifting Political Influence from the Money to the Many."

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