Great reporting as always. However, you do yourselves and readers a disservice in the way you present data. The number of recipients is deceiving without the matching amount of money. PACs often sprinkle numerous puny donations to legislators who align with their PR as a smokescreen to cloud the recipient stats. Meanwhile, they give huge…
Great reporting as always. However, you do yourselves and readers a disservice in the way you present data. The number of recipients is deceiving without the matching amount of money. PACs often sprinkle numerous puny donations to legislators who align with their PR as a smokescreen to cloud the recipient stats. Meanwhile, they give huge chunks of money to legislators who actually align with with their political and profit interests. Headcount is interesting and helpful but money matters far more. After all, that is THE subject.
Great reporting as always. However, you do yourselves and readers a disservice in the way you present data. The number of recipients is deceiving without the matching amount of money. PACs often sprinkle numerous puny donations to legislators who align with their PR as a smokescreen to cloud the recipient stats. Meanwhile, they give huge chunks of money to legislators who actually align with with their political and profit interests. Headcount is interesting and helpful but money matters far more. After all, that is THE subject.