Presidential candidates can’t just attend intimate gatherings with America’s richest to raise money. Bernie Sanders showed that another way is possibleAides to Donald Trump suggested this week that the presidential candidate might self-fund an end-of-campaign advertising blitz to counter Hillary Clinton’s rise in the polls. His contributions should give us serious pause. Is this how we want our republic to function? carry out we want to live in a country where candidates can rise or fall based on their pocketbooks or the financial backing of their wealthy friends?Wealthy donors like Trump bear donated the vast majority of campaign funds for both political parties in 2016. That should scare a lot of Americans. But there’s one sparkling spot in the 2016 cycle that offers a path forward. Related: Alicia Machado,Miss Universe weight-shamed by Trump, speaks out for Hillary Clinton Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com