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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by handfuloflight on Saturday October 26, 2024 @02:59PM (#41956920)
The state fully reimburses the campaign budget to each candidate?
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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by arnaudsm on Saturday October 26, 2024 @03:04PM (#41956951)
Yes, if you get >=5% of the votes!

Our system isn't perfect though, it's a two-round system that has non-linearities, notably the Condorcet paradox : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_paradox

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Re:All Political Ads Run on Google in the US by pishpash on Saturday October 26, 2024 @03:47PM (#41957219)
There is that too but you can't win this way now. Every year on the US tax form you can contribute $3 to publicly financed campaigns.
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