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> political mailing lists would lose donations Now you have me rooting for the bad guys.

• chgs 3y ago
  If political candidates can’t get small donations then that shifts more power to large donations 1 wealthy companies, people, and unions (maybe not the last in the US)
  • pc86 3y ago
    Unions in the US donate hundreds of millions of dollars a year to political candidates.
    • BeFlatXIII 3y ago
      …and that money has no discernible impact on the voting habits of their members.
      • pc86 3y ago
        ...because union members overwhelmingly already vote for the candidates their unions are donating money to? Not sure what point you're trying to make.
        • BeFlatXIII 3y ago
          Mostly that Unions went hard on endorsing Biden, but their members (at least in the industrial Midwest) dutifully lined up to pull the lever for Trump in 2020.
  • flkiwi 3y ago
    You know what drives me not to be involved? Knowing that buying a mug from a candidate I like virtually guarantees a torrent of emails from every downticket race in markets I’ve never lived in. And because of the way they set up the lists, unsubscribing means unsubscribing only from “Kelleher for Coroner” in a county halfway across the country. The worst part is the incredible entitlement you experience if you mention this to someone involved in a campaign. I continue to vote, but I haven’t donated a penny to a campaign in more than a decade, specifically to avoid the harassment. Edit: USian speaking