PoliticsIs money ruining US elections? Lawrence Lessig and Bradley Smith on campaign finance

The 2026 US midterms are on course to set a spending record, with political ads alone expected to cost $11.6bn. Super PACs, dark money and billionaire donors are shaping candidacies and outcomes, while voters in both parties say money has too much influence. Josh Rushing asks two experts who pays, what they get and whether the system can change.