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Comment by apparent

12 days ago

GOP outspent Dems in WI and lost. Dems outspent GOP in FL and lost.

Which is a sample size of 2. We have 468 seats which are up for election.

Musk's brazen [1] use of money will have an impact. Question is how much.

[1] https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk...

  • Musk's money probably helps, his strange need to be a visible face of this seems to possibly be backfiring.

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    • I don't know how many billionaires support which party, so you may be right. I would be interested in a source. However, I believe there is a difference between donating money to a party and outright buying a vote. Let's see how we all think about it when the Dems start doing it, too.