Steven, The NYT article is so blatantly one-sided, but of course, you know that... at least, I hope you do.
The internet makes it so easy to read multiple and diverse sources in order to be better informed... When one looks at the TOTAL picture of campaign finance, there is NO significant difference... bottom line from last presidential election: -------- Romney's campaign spent $433.3 million in 2012, while outside groups and the Republican Party helped push the GOP's 2012 presidential total to $1.24 billion, according to Federal Election Commission filings from the Center for Responsive Politics. Obama's reelection campaign spent $683.5 million, with the Democratic Party and outside groups pushing the total to $1.1 billion, according to FEC filings. ------- So for the 2012 election: - Repubs $1.24B - Dems $1.1 B The Repubs raised less than 10% more than the Dems, and it didn't win them the election, so like I said, the is NO significant difference when one looks at the total picture. If the NYT were to look at funding by trade unions and other pro-gov groups, the Dems would be 'buying the election'. -mark iverson -----Original Message----- From: Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson [mailto:orionwo...@charter.net] Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:25 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:OT: Interesting interactive graphics depicting who is buying the 2016 presidential race >From NY Times. Enjoy! 158 Families Make Up Half of 2016 Election Funding http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/politics/2016-presidential- election-super-pac-donors.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo- spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1 http://tinyurl.com/n9u26t6 Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson OrionWorks.com zazzle.com/orionworks
