Comment on YSK that 158 families made up 50% of all US Presidential Campaign Spending

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Stern@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Perot did pretty well on his runs iirc. But I don’t think he’s the one you were talking about.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot

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  • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep sorry it was Michael Bloomberg

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• awesomesauce309@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah Michael Bloomberg bought his way through the rest of the primary debates then when it came time for the primary vote nobody wanted him.

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  • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Michael Bloomberg

    That’s the one!

    Bloomberg spent nearly $1 billion on his three-month presidential campaign

    nbcnews.com/…/bloomberg-spent-nearly-1-billion-hi…

    So my next question is:

    Just 158 families have provided nearly half of the early money for efforts to capture the White House

    Just how effective is advertising in the presidential race when you can spend a billion and go no where?

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He was just dumb. He spent unwisely. The best things in life are free. Like the support of moguls like Murdoch from Fox News.

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    • awesomesauce309@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Conservatives vote out of fear. They lie awake at night terrified of their son having to play sports agains a trans boy. Advertising these moron fears is a lot easier than advertising a plan to make things better. But also Michael Bloomberg had no plan to make things better, at least for us lowly constituents.

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