Post by robeiae on Jun 21, 2017 9:50:17 GMT -5
So, the smoke has cleared and in Georgia's 6th Congressional District the Republicans have managed to hold on to Tom Price's vacated seat, despite the well-funded challenge of a young Democratic challenger.
When I say well-funded, I do mean well-funded. As many of you might all ready know, this was the most expensive House race ever, by a wide margin. Including primary spending, the total is edging up to $60 million. As this article notes, that's almost $100 spent per person (including kids) living in the district. For point of comparison, a Presidential race that spent money at the same rate would surpass $30 billion. In the 2016 election, according to Open Secrets, around $2.4 billion was spent on the Presidential race and another $4 billion was spent on congressional races.
If every House and Senate race cost $60 million, that would mean about $34 billion would be spent on congressional races every two years. Add in the spending for the Presidential races and that means $64 billion every four years: $34 billion, then $64 billion, then $34 billion, and so on.
And where would the money be coming from? Well obviously in the case of the congressional elections, a good chunk of it would be coming from outside the particular district in question, as was the case for this election in Georgia. Lookee: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/20/us/politics/georgia-6th-most-expensive-house-election.html
The bulk of the individual contributions Ossoff received were from outside the State of Georgia (and I'd bet that the majority of the contributions from inside the State were from outside the 6th District). Ossoff received more money from California donors than he did from Georgia donors. He received more money from New York donors than he did from Georgia donors.
Not to be outdone (though was, spending-wise, when it's all totaled up), Handel got a shit-ton of support from PACs, especially Ryan's CLF.
It was an obscene event, imo, this Georgia race. And if it becomes the new standard, US politics will be entering an even more obscene period.
When I say well-funded, I do mean well-funded. As many of you might all ready know, this was the most expensive House race ever, by a wide margin. Including primary spending, the total is edging up to $60 million. As this article notes, that's almost $100 spent per person (including kids) living in the district. For point of comparison, a Presidential race that spent money at the same rate would surpass $30 billion. In the 2016 election, according to Open Secrets, around $2.4 billion was spent on the Presidential race and another $4 billion was spent on congressional races.
If every House and Senate race cost $60 million, that would mean about $34 billion would be spent on congressional races every two years. Add in the spending for the Presidential races and that means $64 billion every four years: $34 billion, then $64 billion, then $34 billion, and so on.
And where would the money be coming from? Well obviously in the case of the congressional elections, a good chunk of it would be coming from outside the particular district in question, as was the case for this election in Georgia. Lookee: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/20/us/politics/georgia-6th-most-expensive-house-election.html
The bulk of the individual contributions Ossoff received were from outside the State of Georgia (and I'd bet that the majority of the contributions from inside the State were from outside the 6th District). Ossoff received more money from California donors than he did from Georgia donors. He received more money from New York donors than he did from Georgia donors.
Not to be outdone (though was, spending-wise, when it's all totaled up), Handel got a shit-ton of support from PACs, especially Ryan's CLF.
It was an obscene event, imo, this Georgia race. And if it becomes the new standard, US politics will be entering an even more obscene period.