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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by charlesdm on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:25PM (#16016725)
Didn't Trump get elected with 1/7th the budget of Hillary Clinton?
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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by staticassertion on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:27PM (#16016760)
I don't think boiling any single political event down to money is going to be meaningful.

I can't imagine anyone denying that lobbyists exist and that large amounts of money can buy you a lot of political power.

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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by pmc1 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:01PM (#16017022)
> large amounts of money can buy you a lot of political power.

That is not true. Hillary spent the most money in any American campaign (nearly $1 Billion) and still lost. Strategy matters more than money

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/8/14848636/hi...

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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by staticassertion on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:05PM (#16017061)
See the post you replied to for the same response.
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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by balthasar on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:30PM (#16016787)
Looks to be half. https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/09/trump-spent-about-half-of-wh...
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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by pmahoney on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:34PM (#16016817)
The situation is more complex than candidates' election spending. For example, many of the groups in [1] influence various radio and television programs, and through those, elections.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Ko...

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