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Ordinary Americans Lose Political Influence

IF MONEY = SPEECH %3D SOMEONE'S TALKING OVER US MIDDLE-INCOME AMERICANS ARE GROWING LESS ABLE TO AFFORD A VOICE IN ELECTIONS $1.5 M U.S. Representative's Čampaign Cost $1.0 M Top 1% Income x23 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE $0.5 M *14 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE Middle U.S. Income $0 1990 2000 2010 Values are average, in unadjusted dollars. Sources: US Census Bureau, Open Secrets, Paris School of Economics united re public UNITEDREPUBLIC.ORG

Ordinary Americans Lose Political Influence

shared by JLMC on Jul 10
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Everyone knows it takes lots of cash to get elected: politicians who don’t raise enough simply can’t compete. Some of the donations come from ordinary Americans, but as election spending increases...

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