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Re:Money wins Elections by nickff on Monday April 22, 2013 @02:54PM (#5591095)
Correlation is not causation, and nothing on that site is evidence that money is winning the election. It is not surprising that the most popular politicians (winners) would also be the ones to get the most money, from people who like the official and others trying to buy influence.

According to the following article, large increases in campaign spending have a small impact on the poll results:

http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/17/how-much-does-campaig...

Re:Money wins Elections by Guvante on Monday April 22, 2013 @03:53PM (#5591418)
Also, where is the $30 billion coming from? It isn't a lot of money, but Congress doesn't exactly have a lot of money to throw around.