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by lostlogin 246 days ago
I looked this up as I doubted it.

If it was about money, Trump wouldn’t have had a chance.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/11/04/trump-v...

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These are only about direct donations. Most money in politics nowadays is this so-called "dark money". Most billionaires I can think of supported Trump: Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Thiel, Ellison... Lobbies generally favor the Right because they are more easily corrupted (Trump 2x his personal fortune in less than a year of presidency). Right-wing influencers got massive grants from think tanks, Russia and other conservative sources, etc.