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Here's who is bankrolling the top presidential candidates
The 2016 presidential election is still 16 months away, but the fundraising push is in high gear, given that the winner may need $1 billion or more to win the White House. Candidates and groups supporting them are likely to spend the most money ever in a presidential campaign, partly because the Faustian innovation known as super PACs allows rich donors to give unlimited amounts to groups affiliated with candidates they support.
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Whoever fundraises the most money gets to be president. Is that the gist of politics?
It's also just an overwhelming trend that the one who has the most money wins.
That's what the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling established, yes.
Oh.... Wow. :(
Thanks for the info!