Money in Politics

Bill Allison, editorial director of the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation, talks about Big Money's investment in the 2014 elections and the return on investment indicated by which party won. Here's a chart with the data:

As disheartening as the influence of money in politics may be, Allison points out that power shifts in one or both houses of Congress—in 2006, 2012 and now 2014—show that neither party has figured out how to muster enough money to keep a prolonged hold on power. That could be because neither party has followed an electoral sweep with a pragmatic policy agenda that transcends partisanship.

“Sooner or later, one of the political parties will figure out set of policies that gives them a much longer hold on power,”Allison says.

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That may be too optimistic.