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Voters Say Money, Media Have Too Much Political Clout in Politics FacebookTwitterEmail thisShareThis Related Articles Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Voters Say Politics, Not Best Deal, What Government Contracts All About Most Voters Expect Biased News Coverage of 2016 Presidential Race Voters Say Media Obsessed With Political Controversy Is Congress for Sale? Are U.S. Elections Fair? Sign up for free daily updates Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Voters feel strongly that wealthy donors and special interests and the media are too strong a presence in politics, but they remain closely divided over which is the worst problem. Seventy-six percent (76%) of Likely U.S. Voters believe the wealthiest individuals and companies have too much influence over elections, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just four percent (4%) say wealthy individuals and companies have too little political influence, while 16% say their level of influence is about right. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Even more voters (80%) agree that wealthy special interest groups have too much power and influence over elections. Only three percent (3%) say they have too little influence, while 14% say the amount of influence wealthy special interests have is about right. Two-out-of-three voters (66%) also think the news media have too much power and influence over elections. Only four percent (4%) say the media do not have enough political influence. Twenty-six percent (26%) believe the amount of influence the news media have in elections is about right. Voters have shown similar levels of concern over the influence money and the media have over government decisions. Forty-seven percent (47%) consider media bias a bigger problem than big campaign contributions in politics today. Nearly as many (45%) see big campaign contributions as the larger concern. These findings are little changed from 2014, but voters tended to see media bias as a bigger problem in earlier surveys dating back to 2008.