Cash Rules Everything?
In the world of politics, it’s easy to fall prey to the notion that a candidate can’t win without beating his (or her) opponent in the money race. To be sure, money plays an enormous, even unhealthy, role in our political system. But, if a candidate has the drive to walk door-to-door every day, the tenacity to write down every encounter with a voter, and the fortitude to keep this up for months, anyone can be beaten.
That brings me to the not-so-glorious purpose of this post; to list the fundraising numbers for Monroe County’s two main parties.
On the Democratic side, we have MCDC with $163,172.63 cash on hand. Since January, they’ve raised $303,348.31 and spent $210,197.12.
On the Republican side, we have the Monroe County Republican Committee with $371,587.95 cash on hand. Since January, they’ve raised $764,016.15 and spent $481,864.21.
To sum that up for ya, the Republican Committee has a $208,415.32 cash on hand edge.
Of course, this doesn’t even begin to address the $876,791.69 Maggie Brooks has on hand, with no opponent in sight, but that is a story for another post.
Cash doesn’t rule everything, but it certainly does when we don’t even have a candidate to lead the ticket.
For once a D&C editorial I agree with 100%
http://rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/OPINION04/707170331
I wonder how one found these numbers? Where does this kind of data live? In particular, I wonder how to find out what the political donation patterns are like for, say, Minesh Patel (that Brighton Hotel) and company.
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