Enekk

I do in fact! Oh, and don’t think it is just Congress. I don’t have a source beyond “something I heard on NPR one time”, but pretty much every level has to raise money in order to get the full support of their party.

I’m sure you realize this, but when you directly donate to a Democrat or Republican candidate, they are required to turn around and donate portions of that to their party. The requirements are so great that politicians basically have to become 24x7 fundraisers or else they are punished by the party.

People focus on lobbyists and PACs as dumping money into politics, but a large part of the demand for that money is being generated by the idiot parties themselves.

There is also the long game of under educating a large portion of the population so that many probably don’t even realize that there is an election going on or, if they do, how to register or who the candidates are.