How can a non-rich person afford to campaign and do all the necessary politicking to get elected? Getting money after being elected has never been the problem -

How can a non-rich person afford to campaign and do all the necessary politicking to get elected? Getting money after being elected has never been the problem - even those congresspeople who somehow get elected from humbler origins seem to become multimillionaires pretty quickly after gaining office. The reason the vast majority are drawn from the upper crust is the time and money costs involved in the initial campaigning.