• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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          13 hours ago

          I can see money having greater influence at lower levels of government. I’m thinking more about advertising and the presidential race.

          ads probably matter least in the races where campaigns spend the most on them

          This was my feeling. I bet the returns on traditional advertising are diminishing. Also Trump seems to generate a huge amount of publicity (good and bad) without spending much money.

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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        14 hours ago

        Money mostly wins, but not always. Democrats desperately want it to be true always, but they’ve spent a ton of money on losing elections. Trump’s victory was the big one. It’s hard to have a popular campaign message and solid ground game campaigning and make tons of appearances, spending absurd amounts of money makes it easier.