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Didn't Trump get elected with 1/7th the budget of Hillary Clinton?

• staticassertion 9y ago
  I don't think boiling any single political event down to money is going to be meaningful. I can't imagine anyone denying that lobbyists exist and that large amounts of money can buy you a lot of political power.
  • pmc1 9y ago
    > large amounts of money can buy you a lot of political power. That is not true. Hillary spent the most money in any American campaign (nearly $1 Billion) and still lost. Strategy matters more than money https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/8/14848636/hillary-clinton-tv-ads https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/8/14848636/hi...
    • staticassertion 9y ago
      See the post you replied to for the same response.
• balthasar 9y ago
  Looks to be half. https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/09/trump-spent-about-half-of-what-clinton-did-on-his-way-to-the-presidency.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/09/trump-spent-about-half-of-wh...
• pmahoney 9y ago
  The situation is more complex than candidates' election spending. For example, many of the groups in [1] influence various radio and television programs, and through those, elections. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers#Think_tanks_and_political_organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Ko...