This week’s Essential Report has some rare polling on campaign finance issues.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the negative reaction to last month’s plan for ‘administrative’ funding, support for public funding is at less than 30%:

But surprisingly to me, most voters who offered a view on the disclosure threshold opted for $5,000 or above. I was expecting a populist response and a low threshold.

And most voters prefer a cap to unlimited donations, but no question on how much.

Except for the capping question, public opinion on this subject is more ‘liberal’ than I would have anticipated.