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>Fortunately, you can't typically "buy" elections by donating to campaigns. Having a Fox Mulder moment, because I too, want to believe. However, it makes me th
by lagniappe 7mo ago
>Fortunately, you can't typically "buy" elections by donating to campaigns.
Having a Fox Mulder moment, because I too, want to believe. However, it makes me think, if it didn't work to some degree, whatever that may be, it wouldn't be common.
- bombcar 7mo agoHaving been involved in some political campaigns and movements, I totally believe that nobody knows the ROI on where the dollars are going.
- HDThoreaun 7mo agoPolitical campaigns certainly need money, but there are heavily diminishing returns pretty quickly. In races where all the candidates have money just throwing more in doesnt seem to accomplish much.
- BurningFrog 7mo agoThis is the mainstream view in political science/economics, since well designed studies consistently show these results. I won't spend hours chasing down such studies. If you're interested, ask an AI for references! Donating to the winner means you're on good terms with the future holder of power. This "works" in the sense that you can expect favors in return, but this is just lowkey corruption, not affecting the election result. Note that candidates who are guaranteed to win often get substantial donations!