I had a thought the other day about campaign contributions. If you give $10, or $10,000 to Candidate X, haven’t you cast a figurative ballot for that candidate? Wouldn’t that mean that if you then cast an actual ballot for them on Election Day that you’ve … voted twice? Casting a ballot for a candidate doesn’t guarantee that candidate will win, but you hope they do. Giving a candidate money doesn’t guarantee they win, but you hope they do.
Money
is the blood of a political campaign. It
isn’t always the case, but the candidate with the most money is usually the one
able to convince the most people to vote for them. How many people who vote for a candidate also
gave them money? Why is this … double
voting allowed?
What
if we made a law that you can either donate money to a candidate, or you could
vote for them in the election. How would
that work? Well, the candidates with the
backing of the super wealthy would be most likely to win. One billionaire can only cast one vote, but
with a few million dollar donations they can convince thousands to vote the way
they want. How many qualified candidates
not only don’t get votes but never get a second glance because they don’t have
the backing of a billionaire? Maybe we
should put some more thought into publicly funded elections.
