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And there were a number of State supreme court elections that were alleged to have heavy monetary investment from a couple of billionaires that did not end up w

And there were a number of State supreme court elections that were alleged to have heavy monetary investment from a couple of billionaires that did not end up working in their favour.[1] For that matter there is an Australian billionaire whose "investment" also does not appear to have worked in his favour [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_e... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Palmer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Palmer

thijson 11mo ago
I read somewhere that Rupert Murdoch was able to swing some elections a while ago in Australia and the UK. That was through his media ownership though.
- roguecoder 11mo ago
  The toxic impact of Fox News is longitudinal, rather than being about a single election, and mostly acts by pushing conservative parties to the far right: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/fox-news-incomparable-role-on-the-political-right/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/fox-news-incomparable-rol... There are other ways for money to impact politics beyond individual general elections. As well as funding community organizing and creating long-term propaganda, it's much easier to impact ballot initiatives (paid signature gathering works, for example, where paid canvassers don't.)