>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.

Having been involved in some political campaigns and movements, I totally believe that nobody knows the ROI on where the dollars are going.

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.