This post is for all those that believe your your money is what put your guy/gal over the finish line.
6 Mind-Blowing Stats on How 1 Percent of the 1 Percent Now Dominate Our Elections
I'll give you three.
The median donation from the 1 percent of the 1 percent was $26,584.
Every single member of the House or Senate who won an election in 2012 received money from the 1 percent of the 1 percent.
Of the 435 House members elected last year, 372—more than 85 percent—received more from the 1 percent of the 1 percent than they did from every single small donor combined.
Plenty of charts at the link but here is the money quote...
We're living in an era when megadonors exert control over who runs for office, who gets elected, and what politicians say and do. "And in an era of unlimited campaign contributions," Drutman writes, "the power of the 1 percent of the 1 percent only stands to grow with each passing year."