Fortunately, you can't typically "buy" elections by donating to campaigns.

Campaign spending does have an effect for unknown candidates, but once the voters know who you are and what you stand for, further spending doesn't move the needle.

It's true that the campaign with most money usually wins, but that does not the money caused the win!

One way to think about it is that the most popular candidate naturally gets the most donations, just like they get the most votes. It can also be a good investment to be on good terms with the future winner.

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lagniappe 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>Fortunately, you can't typically "buy" elections by donating to campaigns.

Having a Fox Mulder moment, because I too, want to believe. However, it makes me think, if it didn't work to some degree, whatever that may be, it wouldn't be common.

	▲	bombcar 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Having been involved in some political campaigns and movements, I totally believe that nobody knows the ROI on where the dollars are going.
	▲	HDThoreaun 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Political campaigns certainly need money, but there are heavily diminishing returns pretty quickly. In races where all the candidates have money just throwing more in doesnt seem to accomplish much.

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ozgrakkurt 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

“Good investment” is looking a bit suspicious there