One of the most persistent myths about modern politics holds
that Republicans are the party of “the rich.”
The myth refuses to die, despite all available evidence indicating that
the opposite is true.
Reporter Rachel Stassen-Berger, who covers campaign finance
for the Minneapolis
Star Tribune, posted a story with the
headline “More than
$715k poured into political groups recently.”
She documents the money that has entered Minnesota ’s election since the most recent
campaign finance filing deadline last week.
Ms. Stassen-Berger lists a total of $716,000. Of that amount, $691,000 (96.5 percent) is
going to Democrat-related candidates and causes.
But don’t get your hopes up, the remaining $25,000 came from
a wealthy out-of-state supporter of same-sex marriage to back a vulnerable Republican who
voted for the measure last year.
Comparing the left-to-right dollar total leaves us somewhere
in the neighborhood of 100 to 0.
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