The Sum Of All Campaign Evils

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

Pretty much just culminating in everything I hate about today's political campaigns...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/20/us/politics/georgia-6th-most-expensive-house-election.html

There's some important graphs in the article, so the whole thing can't really be C&P'd, but the heart of the matter is... ~$55m has been spent on this special election. It is by far the most ever for a house election, the second highest ever being *$29.5m*.

The Democrat candidate doesn't even live in the district he's running for.

Campaign $ Raised:
Democrat- $23.6m
Republican- $4.5m

Only 14% of the campaign money the Democrat raised came from Georgia, with a ton of his money coming from California and Georgia. 56% of the Republican's came from Georgia.

(In 2016, the average % of in-state campaign donations for House elections was 82%.)

Outside $ Spent:
Democrat- $7.6m
Republican- $18.2m

$5m from the Democrat Campaign Committee, and $2.6m from other groups.
$6.2m from Congressional Leadership Fund, $6m from Republican Campaign Committee, and $6m from other groups.

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So basically you have a guy who doesn't live where he's running to represent, getting pumped full of donations from other states... going against a woman who's getting money pumped in from party groups (if you ever wonder why third party doesn't stand a chance) and outside groups.

Just the biggest battle of money in House campaign history, covered in the finger prints of tons of outsiders.

The worst.