Can a Billion Dollars Buy an Election?

十亿美元能买来选举吗?

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2024-10-19

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​​Trump lashes out at mega donors, Democrats embrace dark money, and whether or not big money helps win an election.

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  • From WNYC in New York, this is on the Media.

  • I'm Brooke Gladstone.

  • On this week's show, it's all about the Benjamins.

  • The 2024 election will be the most expensive ever.

  • Paris is outpacing Donald Trump.

  • She has crossed the $1 billion mark.

  • Donald Trump is feeling underappreciated by donors in the final stretch of the race.

  • It's just going to be that our election campaigns continue to be dominated by the uber wealthy.

  • It's ultimately the average voter who loses.

  • Out if campaign spending is more effective right before someone's got a vote.

  • Well, you just gotta make sure you get them right before they vote.

  • This guy Mark Hanna, who had like a famous quote saying there are two things that are important in politics, money is one.

  • And I forget the other thing.

  • Making sense of all those dollars in politics.

  • It's all coming up after this.

  • From WNYC in New York, this is on the Media.

  • I'm Micah Lowinger.

  • And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

  • In late September, Donald Trump hosted a handful of his billionaire benefactors for dinner at Trump Tower.

  • Over steak and baked potatoes, the former president tore through a bitter list of grievances.