These billionaires' votes count more than yours
Chances are, you're not going to bump into Rupert Murdoch standing in line Tuesday waiting to vote at your local middle school.
But the election impact felt by the News Corp. magnate, along with dozens of other politically influential billionaires is going to be a lot bigger than everyone standing in line behind you. And in front of you. Along with the lines at dozens of other polling places in your hometown.
To get a better idea of whose vote counts much more than yours does, Darrell West, head of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, has come up with a Billionaires Political Power Index. http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/billionaires-us-political-power-index-November2014
The ranking is based on a number of factors that help a handful of the wealthiest voters convert their personal riches into political influence. In addition to accounting for campaign spending, the index tracks politically active nonprofit organizations and foundations, media ownership and other behind-the-scenes levers of influence.
The Billionaire Political Power Index tracks the wealthiest voters, whose votes count much more than yours does.
Topping the list are Charles and David Koch, who have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from their family fortune into the 2014 campaign. Their network of PACs, foundations and other nonprofits have backed both individual Republican candidates and wider causes that include lobbying against universal health care and climate change legislation.
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