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They're not voting for anyone practical. They're voting for career politicians who are in the pockets of big corporate donors. That's why nothing changes, they
by hncurious 5y ago
They're not voting for anyone practical. They're voting for career politicians who are in the pockets of big corporate donors. That's why nothing changes, they work for the donors, not the voters.
- the_only_law 5y agoI was at a bar a couple months back and met a guy running for one of the new US Congress seats. He stated, quite bluntly, that donors are much more important than voters when it comes to elections.
- dwd 5y agoAnd it's not during the actual election either, the donors wield their influence way earlier in deciding who gets as far as the primaries. If you can't self fund, you have to sell your soul to donors who will put up the money. Not to mention getting access to the party apparatus who will fuck you over if they have a preferred candidate that's not you: Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders managed to go it alone only to get done over by their own party in the end.