gergroy on 15 August 2012
Going by the thread title, I'm just going to say money doesn't actually have that much influence in elections. It can help get a message across, but past a certain point it doesn't matter.
For example, look at the last california governor race. Meg whitman spent about 180 mill to Jerry Browns 36 mill, thats about a 6 to 1 spending advantage for Whitman. Did she buy the election? No, she lost by almost 14%.
I wouldn't be too concerned about the money being put into politics because it doesn't make that big of a difference.
