[EL] One Dollar, One Vote

[Bill Maurer]

To answer your question, John, yes, I think Hillary would be close to Wall Street if money didn’t matter. In my admittedly biased view, I think she finds that industry to be useful to her for a wide variety of reasons, of which money is only one. Similarly, she cultivates contacts in the media, who do things like give her daughter a job, and Hollywood for reasons that include, but are not limited to, access to campaign funds. Powerful, influential people tend to hang out with powerful, influential people, regardless of how much regulation there is.

Best regards,

Bill



From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Shockley, John
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 9:46 AM
To: Rick Hasen
Cc: law-election at department-lists.uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] One Dollar, One Vote

Dan, I'm afraid I'm with Rick on this one...  (For one thing, would Hillary be so close to Wall Street if money didn't matter?) But your point is still a good one.
Yours,
John

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu<mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
In my view this completely misses the point of how money influences elections and policy. See my piece in WaPo: Money Can’t Buy You Jeb But It Still Skews Politics<http://wapo.st/1KfwFqh>

On 2/2/2016 9:36 AM, Lowenstein, Daniel wrote:
            The money primary:

            Bush spent much more in Iowa than Cruz, Trump, and Rubio combined.  Bush amassed 3 percent of the vote, while the impoverished three eked out a total of only about 75 percent.

            Money talks!

                      Best,

                 Daniel Lowenstein
                 Director, UCLA Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions (CLAFI)
                 Emeritus Professor, UCLA Law School
                 818-781-3022
                 lowenstein at law.ucla.edu<mailto:lowenstein at law.ucla.edu>



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