Mayberry Machiavelli
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Wed Feb-25-04 12:13 AM
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Campaign Money: Where does it all go? |
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Edited on Wed Feb-25-04 12:15 AM by Mayberry Machiavelli
Much is made of the huge 100-200mil war chest of shrub. I find it simultaneously discouraging and encouraging that one candidate managed to raise 40mil in novel ways, but that all this money didn't "buy" a single Democratic primary.
This is encouraging in the following way: if a voter is disenchanted with being lied into the Iraq invasion or the fact that they're out of a job and think shrub only toadies up to megabillionaries, it's unlikely that some attack ad will sway them. If they are a "mushy middle" (don't read too much and inform themselves too much on issues, but have a vague unease that the country is going sour and are considering sitting out or voting Dem), then they might be swayed.
I am curious in a "typical" campaign, primary or GE, what is the breakdown for expenses:
%for TV and radio ads (ad agency and airtime) %telephone bills/expenses %to pay campaign staffers %for office space rent etc. %for mailing expenses, printing %misc incidentals, gasoline, pizza and latenight Chinese takeout, motel bills...
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Norquist Nemesis
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Wed Feb-25-04 12:19 AM
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that everyone holds up and shakes cost alot of money. Advertising, be it print, media, radio, or collateral (buttons, hats, staff shirts, etc) is probably the biggest bulk of expense. I don't know the percentages are, but I do know the cost of doing these things...it's mind boggling.
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Wed Feb-25-04 12:23 AM
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"The Buying of the President" by Charles Lewis.
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cprise
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Wed Feb-25-04 12:40 AM
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3. It goes mainly to the corporate media |
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So a good question is: How much do the media give to the candidates in the first place?
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