Comments on: First You Get the Money, Then You Get the Power http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/01/30/first-you-get-the-money-then-you-get-the-power/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Consumatopia http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/01/30/first-you-get-the-money-then-you-get-the-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Consumatopia Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:34:58 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1574#comment-1577 Do we have any causal explanation for the super-rich preference for Dems? My suspicion is that the sample size is so small that donating super-rich Republicans are just better at donating than super-rich Dems--rich Republican donations tend to come from corporations rather than from individuals, and Republicans might be smarter and donating to think-tanks, institutes, and advocacy groups dedicated to long-term transformation of America rather than to short-term political campaigns. Why might super-rich Republicans be smarter than super-rich Dems? There's a cluster of stupid super-rich Dems in Hollywood. Do we have any causal explanation for the super-rich preference for Dems?

My suspicion is that the sample size is so small that donating super-rich Republicans are just better at donating than super-rich Dems–rich Republican donations tend to come from corporations rather than from individuals, and Republicans might be smarter and donating to think-tanks, institutes, and advocacy groups dedicated to long-term transformation of America rather than to short-term political campaigns.

Why might super-rich Republicans be smarter than super-rich Dems? There’s a cluster of stupid super-rich Dems in Hollywood.

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