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socialindependocrat

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1. Money vs popularity

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2012, 03:06 PM

Jan 2012

I'm not a politician but I have trouble accepting that
politicians who are popular need as much money as
their opponent to win an election.

If you take a poll and you are vastly more well known or popular than your opponent do you need to spend all that money on ads
or does your opponent's ads just start to wear away at your edge?

It just annoys me that all this money needs to be spent
to get the "right" people into office.

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Money vs popularity socialindependocrat Jan 2012 #1

Linda MacMahon here in CT did just that: wear away people, with her ads. CTyankee Jan 2012 #2

Done. Go Elizabeth! nt Zorra Jan 2012 #3