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Why Your Senator Doesn’t Represent You

YOUR SENATOR'S ELECTION BALLOT: VOTERS VS DONORS TO WIN ELECTION, THE AVERAGE SENATOR NEEDS ALMOST 2 MILLION VOTES AND ALMOST 10 MILLION DOLLARS. VOTERS AND DONORS BOTH MATTER, BUT WHO MATTERS MORE? VOTERS DONORS NEEDED TO WIN THE AVERAGE 2010 SENATE SEAT Winner $9.8 M $5 M - Loser $6.5 M Winner Loser 1.8 M 1.2 M NEEDED EACH WORKING HOUR OF A 6-YEAR TERM $782 in donations / hour 3 144 3 votes / hour ONE PERSON'S IMPACT $1,837 4 vote per person per major donor 0.7% 235% of hourly goal of hourly goal TIME A SENATOR CAN AFFORD 6. 25 seconds with each voter 2.4 hours with a major donor Sources: US Census Bureau, Open Secrets, The Green Papers united re:public UNITEDREPUBLIC.ORG

Why Your Senator Doesn’t Represent You

shared by JLMC on Jun 26
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Who do US senators represent? In theory, their voters. But to win election, they need money from big donors too. And a voter is 300 times less important than a major donor for reaching those campaign goals.

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