2006-10-02 06:08:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Not necessarily true. The biggest down play here is influence on the States and investigations on running candidates to ruin their chances for votes. It is a dirty game of politics and not always money.
2006-10-02 06:11:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money talks - and money buys elections.
That's all the more reason for putting federal limits on campaign spending so that every candidate has the same amount of money with which to promote his or her candidacy.
Then it would be a more level playing field (which, of course, the incumbents don't want). And, it might even show us how a potential candidate would wisely budget and spend the money (s)he was allocated to win the election.
Such good fiscal management would be a good demonstration of how responsibly a candidate would spend taxpayers' money once elected! -RKO-
2006-10-02 13:28:29 · answer #2 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes.
You need a certain income to be involved in politics in the first place. If you're busy, busy, busy just treading water, you won't have the time to be involved in politics or the money to hang out with the people who are. To campaign also takes money, but in politics, as elsewhere, the more you spend, the less you get for every additional dollar. Think about TVs. You can get a small, used color TV for $35, or you can pay 100 times as much for one, and watch the same show on either. If you don't like the show, you're going to turn it off. Same with politics. No matter how much you spend on your campaign, if the voters don't like you, they won't vote for you.
2006-10-02 13:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it helps them tremendously because they can afford to get their name out there often through signs and TV advertising. I often think some people buy their way into being elected. I look closely at everyone that's running. I never vote for the name I've seen around the most without researching the person. A lot people do though.
2006-10-02 13:13:01 · answer #4 · answered by Night Wind 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the guy with the best strategy and enough cash to carry it out usually wins.
2006-10-02 13:23:14 · answer #5 · answered by Big Ed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Money sometimes does buy votes.
2006-10-02 13:10:50 · answer #6 · answered by *Larry P. he's for me* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily cash, but connections...
2006-10-02 13:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by Joshua C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they might have the most advertiteing.
butt may not be the best, or will win
2006-10-02 13:11:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋