2024.11.07
What an awesome decision Citizens United was. Aren't unlimited political ads improving all our lives? Don't the rich deserve to be heard?
The 2016 election saw $6 billion in total donations, and that number ballooned to $15.1 billion in 2020. The projected total for 2024 is $15.9 billion.
One study found that candidates in the U.K. and Germany bring in one-fortieth the amount of U.S. candidates on average, and Canada's 2021 federal election brought in a meager $69 million in donations, total.
(Factoids via Cracked Trivia)
