[EL] One Dollar, One Vote

[Larry Levine]

When someone can show me a viable plan to communicate with large numbers of voters without raising and spending large amounts of campaign funds, this discussion will begin to make sense. Were it not for that pesky first amendment, full public funding and the elimination of any private money in campaigns could be the answer. Until then, discussions of who raises how much and from where are getting kind of boring. But that won’t stop them from continuing. 

Larry

 

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Subject: Re: [EL] One Dollar, One Vote

 

Since when does spending $40 million in the case of Rubio and Cruz qualify your campaign as impoverished? Even Trump $15 million before the first vote was cast. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/16/18631/see-how-much-2016-presidential-candidates-have-raised-so-far

 

Even just counting Iowa ad spending team Rubio spent at least $12 million (2nd most) and Cruz at least $6 million (3rd most). http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/total-amount-spent-campaign-ads-iowa-n504506

 

Not to mention the great points Rick makes in his piece. 

 

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Tyler Creighton

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On Feb 2, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Lowenstein, Daniel <lowenstein at law.ucla.edu <mailto:lowenstein at law.ucla.edu> > 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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