4 Out of 5 Americans Believe There's Too Much Money in Politics

Republicans and Democrats agree: It's time to get big money out of our politics.

A new poll by The New York Times and CBS has determined that "Americans of both parties fundamentally reject the regime of untrammeled money in elections made possible by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other court decisions and now favor a sweeping overhaul of how political campaigns are financed."

It found:

• 84 percent say money plays "too much" of an influence in political campaigns
• 85 percent think the system for funding political campaigns needs "fundamental changes" or that "we need to completely rebuild it."
• 66 percent say that the wealthy have more of a chance to influence the elections process than other Americans.
• Republicans in the poll were almost as likely as Democrats to favor further restrictions on campaign donations. 77 percent support limiting the amount of money individuals can contribute to political campaigns
• 54 percent do not believe money given to political candidates to be a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution, confirming similar results from a 2014 YouGov/HuffPost poll.