And 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 fu

And 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.