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> money has been allowed to become directly correlated with voter share This is demonstrably false, most vividly exemplified by the current president who raise
by dnautics 7y ago
> money has been allowed to become directly correlated with voter share
This is demonstrably false, most vividly exemplified by the current president who raised far less than his competitor. In the United States, when there is a race with no incumbents, the winner is anticorrelated with the one who raised the most.
- streb-lo 7y agoMoney buys far more than campaign and PAC ads. Money buys newspapers, TV stations, etc. The fact that it can also buy unlimited amounts of direct advertising is just plain gross.
- 8note 7y agocalling into TV news shows also gets you unlimited direct advertising, which Trump showed is highly effective
- magashna 7y agoThe president is just a figurehead. Seeing the money flowing between corporations, lobbyists, and our representatives is much more indicative of money and its influence on our laws.
- minikites 7y agoMoney allows organizations to write bills on behalf of special interests and hand them over to state and federal congress already formed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_...
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoYour statement that this is demonstrably false is demonstrably false. The current president has done wonders for the 0.1% - just as he was supposed to. https://www.forbes.com/sites/camilomaldonado/2019/10/10/trump-tax-cuts-helped-billionaires-pay-less-taxes-than-the-working-class-in-2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/camilomaldonado/2019/10/10/trum... The fact that he provided a better ROI than average than his competitor is tangential - because the fact that fundraising is a key concern at all proves the point. In a genuine democracy elections would be fought on issues and demonstrated competence, not campaign income.