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iis campaign finance why politians get elected?

  • 19-05-2012 04:23AM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,706 ✭✭✭


    As of May 18, 2012, 545 groups organized as Super PACs have reported total receipts of $204,716,872 and total independent expenditures of $111,588,684 in the 2012 cycle.

    http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php

    the US budget is about 3.7 trillion dollars

    so

    205e+6 / 3.7e+12 = 5.54054054 × 10-5

    Super PACs will spend about .0055% of the budget to get their hands of the government pie

    that's insignificant money by comparison

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    further

    I would suggest that publicity has more to do with news station coverage than campaign spending

    one might argue that those well financed usually win
    but the campaign may be well financed due to news publicity


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    Matt Holck wrote: »
    http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php

    the US budget is about 3.7 trillion dollars

    so

    205e+6 / 3.7e+12 = 5.54054054 × 10-5

    Super PACs will spend about .0055% of the budget to get their hands of the government pie

    that's insignificant money by comparison

    ___________________________________

    further

    I would suggest that publicity has more to do with news station coverage than campaign spending

    one might argue that those well financed usually win
    but the campaign may be well financed due to news publicity

    A lot higher than 3.7 trillion.

    6.3 trillion according to this website
    http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,706 ✭✭✭Matt Holck


    I've check the numbers from multiple sites

    either way 100s of millions does not measure up to trillions

    a trillion is 10,000 times the size of a hundred million


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    I don't know who to trust any more :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,706 ✭✭✭Matt Holck


    the government primaries run several election before the national elections.

    This means that one of the two primary parties gets major government paid elections with free news coverage while resounding it's opposition of the other major party.


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