04-08-2021, 09:39 AM
(04-08-2021, 09:00 AM)hollodero Wrote: But the same thing is true for a "new" politician as well. If any, the new faces need money for ads and co even more urgently, for no one knows them yet.
In the 2020 congressional races, of the 28 million given to candidates by lobbyists 23 million went to the incumbents. While the new challenger often needs MUCH larger amounts of money to win the challenger rarely gets the money from lobbyists specifically. Of course, that assumes the contributions are all correctly attributed. There is a massive amount of money donated by lawyers who may, or may not, be representing a special interest.
