Quote (PlasmaSnake101 @ 20 Nov 2018 11:31)
They did well, but it was hardly as devastating as they said the blue wave would be back in January. They blue wave'd the fuck out of Nevada. It is funny because I though the DNC being broke and the RNC have tons of dough would save governor races, I really did. But I underestimated the millions and millions Dems would get from Hollywood, leftist billionaires and costal elites. Personally, I hate it. Dems were right to criticize Citizens United but I doubt we'll hear many oppose it since it's put to use on both sides, maybe more effective on the Dem side. Dean Heller was outspent 4 to 1. Democrats are the party of big money, hedge fund managers, high profile billionaires and Hollywood celebrities.
Actually, Citizens United is exactly what is helping keep Republicans alive in the age of the internet. Democrats have millions of more people and thus more individual contributors on average. PACs are how Republicans help keep up in a lot of races.
Take the 2018 Nevada Senator race, for example. Jacky Rosen received $18,566,534 in small and large individual campaign contributions. Dean Heller received $9,254,266. Compare their PAC donations, however: Rosen received $1,092,437 from PACs (5.14% of her donations), and Heller received $4,459,179 from PACs (31.41% of his donations). Without Citizens United and the help from PACs, Heller probably would have been blown out more than 5% loss he was handed two weeks ago.
Let's dispel once and for all this fiction that the Conservatives of the Supreme Court didn't know what they were doing with Citizens United. They knew exactly what they were doing.