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Why should money be involved in supporting a candidate? Doesn’t the democratic action of voting do that?
by cbsks 2y ago
Why should money be involved in supporting a candidate? Doesn’t the democratic action of voting do that?
- pc86 2y agoYard signs, phone calls, websites, GOTV operations, consultants, debates, mailers, all of these things cost money. The current system requires you to appeal to donors with a winning message to get contributions to pay for these. Who decides which candidates get limited public funds? Are you just going to split it equally between whoever runs? Why should the public pay for fringe campaigns that won't get any votes?
- kelipso 2y agoUsually you do a poll and set a threshold for funding, like 5% or something, to avoid funding fringe candidates.