We spent $5.2 billion dollars on the 2018 mid term elections. Over and over, candidates are judged as viable based on their ability to raise large amounts of money, despite the fact that there is no evidence that fundraising ability translates to effectiveness in office.https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/1079741527277166592 …
Yes. But that’s not the whole problem. The parties themselves and the media contribute by emphasizing money raised over any other factor.
