"Arizona’s Clean Elections system levels the political playing field not just for candidates for office but for those who want to donate and be part of a campaign. By limiting the qualifying contributions to $5, contributions from people who live in lower income neighborhoods are just as important to the political process as those contributions from neighborhoods where the annual income is well above average. No longer are politicians required to spend countless hours raising cash from those who can afford to give thousand dollar contributions. Instead, we spend all of our time in all of our communities, talking to voters and hearing all of their concerns regardless of their ability to make a maxed out political contribution."

“The ‘All Over the Map’ study illustrates how Arizona’s Clean Elections system has put all political donors on the same playing field as those who can afford to give thousands of dollars. By requiring candidates to qualify for a public grant through collecting a set amount of $5 contributions, Clean Elections has made every political donor important regardless of the number of zeroes he or she can put on a check. Because of this, candidates are able to spend more time in all of Arizona’s communities raising issues and raising hopes instead of raising large sums of campaign cash.”

- William McNary, President,
USAction

"If states are the laboratories of democracy, Arizona's clean election system is an experiment well worthy of emulation. All Over the Map' by Public Campaign shows that the Clean Elections system in Arizona brings voters into the process from more diverse backgrounds than ever before -- ethnically, geographically, and economically. Arizona Clean Elections should stand as a model for the rest of the country , which has quite enough of pay to play politics."

- Miles Rapoport, President,
Demos

"All Over the Map shows the power of Arizona's Clean Elections public financing system and its $5 donations to bring low and moderate income communities into the political process much more effectively than he traditional private financing model. Clean Elections candidates don't have to put the emphasis on hunting down those four and five-figure check writers to support their campaigns. They're looking for those $5 qualifying contributions in communities where previously candidates wouldn't have even thought to look for campaign money. Simply put, Clean Elections is a new way to make effective political engagement something we can all afford."