Just 42 donors are responsible for a third of all Super PAC contributions this year. All are older and white, and 35 of them are men.
Does money determine elections? No, not in every case. But it sure doesn't hurt (as proof of which look at how much is spent and how much time and effort candidates put into pursuing it).
Are all these "old white guys" pushing precisely the same ideology in their donations? Probably not, but I'll bet you it's a less diverse ideological spectrum than you'd get from a cross-section if the America public.
Super PACs, by the way, are spending more this year than the political parties.
Votes, of course, are the bottom line in the democracy, and money can't buy votes (yet). But money does help determine which people can even afford to get into the pool to compete, and it can help determine which of those candidates then get heard (and, thus, voted on). And, of course, as they say, he who pays the piper calls the tune.
Who’s Buying the Midterm Elections? A Bunch of Old White Guys
Forty-two people are responsible for nearly a third of Super PAC spending in the 2014 election cycle.
