- Kamala Harris is already seeing a wave of big money donor support since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
- Some of the party’s top financiers opted to hold back funds after Biden’s June debate performance drew concerns from Democrats about his mental acuity.
- The progressive donation platform ActBlue said it raised $27.5 million from small-dollar donors in the five hours after Biden endorsed Harris.
Well they simply have gaps in regulation around elections. They tried to reform campaign finances with HR 1 For The People Act but it was never called for vote in the senate due to Senate Speaker Mitch “The Legislative Reaper” McConnell who was notorious for refusing to call things to vote.
One of the parties simply does not want to fix democracy.
The money gets spent on billboards, flags, yard signs, pamphlets, door to door outreach, renting out venues to campaign, etc.
And why is the campaign needed? People can just go vote. Why do they need ads for voting?
Have you ever been outside?
I’m from Germany. We have a totally different political landscape and understanding of democracy here.
If you think politicians don’t do campaigns in Germany, you’ve never been outside.
If you choose not to campaign and your opponent does, what do you think will happen? If your opponent convinces everybody that you’re going to raise taxes and increase the deficit, that you’re corrupt and racist, and people don’t even know your name from anything else then how many votes do you think you’ll get?
Aren’t most people watching TV anyways? Or internet? In Germany, we also have this independent website called Wal-o-mat where you can answer a long set of political questions to determine your political views. Then it’ll make a tierlist of multiple parties to vote for that’ll best fit your political views. Almost everyone ignores posters and ads and there is barely any ads anywhere; some on city exists and that’s pretty much it. Just don’t understand why ads for defaming the political opponent can be so effective. Is everyone really that dumb to believe in them?
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