MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOut with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congressapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1495arrow-down13
arrow-up1492arrow-down1external-linkOut with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congressapnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoNot in a corrupt system where politicians buy votes with more power they get as they get older in office. Some of these assholes die of old age in office and people still want to elect them.
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day ago Not in a corrupt system where politicians buy votes Then you ha e a stupid voter problem
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIf buying votes were that easy wouldn’t you just need money? Seems like your bog-standard millionaire could buy an office if that was the mechanism.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoSort of. In 2020, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, 89.1% of House candidates and 69.7% of Senate candidates that outspent their opponents won their elections. In 2016, 95.4% of top spending House candidates and 85.3% of top spending Senate candidates won.
Not in a corrupt system where politicians buy votes with more power they get as they get older in office. Some of these assholes die of old age in office and people still want to elect them.
Then you ha e a stupid voter problem
If buying votes were that easy wouldn’t you just need money?
Seems like your bog-standard millionaire could buy an office if that was the mechanism.
Sort of.
In 2020, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, 89.1% of House candidates and 69.7% of Senate candidates that outspent their opponents won their elections. In 2016, 95.4% of top spending House candidates and 85.3% of top spending Senate candidates won.