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Tbf, back then as well as now it's not like the average working class had any input. It's because a certain group of super-wealthy individuals wanted to become
by sigmoid10 1y ago
Tbf, back then as well as now it's not like the average working class had any input. It's because a certain group of super-wealthy individuals wanted to become even more rich and thought that a radical change in governance might get them to pay fewer taxes. And to be honest, their chances originally looked much better with Trump than they did with George Washington.
- guywithahat 1y agoAlthough we don't have enough data to make a confident statement on the matter, it would seem election spending doesn't have a statistically significant impact on presidential elections https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/election-spending-isnt-statistically-significant.html https://thomashansen.xyz/blog/election-spending-isnt-statist...
- sigmoid10 1y agoThe existence of super-PACs invalidates any attempt like this to attribute finances to candidates. And they make up billions by now. It's essentially a loophole for the rich to funnel unlimited anonymous money to a campaign.