Stevens outspent El-Sayed by a factor of like 10 to 1. Clinton outspent Trump, too. A bigger war chest isn't a guarantee of electoral victory anymore.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Surely the army of consultants and media producers dependent upon campaign spending are being honest and impartial when they say candidates need to outspend their opponents.

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

Guess they're gonna need real jobs now.

Maybe they can do some factory jobs since the US is gonna have no choice but to do some domestic manufacturing soon.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That kinda softens the blow of Citizens United

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

not really. CU moved the baseline, it takes a huge amount of effort to overcome that shit and that effort and peoples' volunteer hours would be better spent elsewhere

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Ah, that makes sense actually

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

If $30 million couldn't do it, surely $50 million could!

Get out of here, AIPAC. Nobody likes you anymore except for the establishment ghouls everyone's learned to hate.

[–] IranOuttaOil@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

I hope they spend absurd amounts of money on this election.