ANOTHER SHOCKER …
One of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton‘s recurring campaign promises was that she would “work to curb the outsized influence of big money in American politics, shine a light on secret spending, and fight to make our democracy work for everyone – not just the wealthy and well-connected.”
Wait … wasn’t Clinton the definition of a bought-and-paid-for politician? Yes. She was.
And didn’t the “outsized influence” of big money basically steal the Democratic presidential nomination away from Bernie Sanders? Yes, it did.
(Thank you, #DNC).
Anyway, Americans decided to “curb the outsized influence” of money in politics all on their own – without Hillary’s help.
According to data from Reuters, Clinton’s campaign spent $520 million during the 2016 election compared to $270 million for Trump. Based on the current popular vote count, that equates to $8.80 per Clinton vote and $4.57 per Trump vote.
And that’s before we start counting the massive political action committee (PAC) spending.
Also worth noting? Trump’s fundraising haul was dominated by small-dollar donations. In fact his campaign took in more than $100 million in small-dollar donations in the month of October alone.
Amazing …
In our recap of Trump’s shocking win, we noted that he defied political correctness, the media, his own party and the polls. Apparently he defied the money, too.
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