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The problems with money (capital) in American politics started long before Trump. Even before Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opened the doors to unlimited corporate spending in 2010, money was a stronger predictor of election outcomes than early polling and campaign finance laws had been eroding at least as far back as 1976.
Just beacause the person with the most votes is in office doesn’t mean that everything is “just fine” - the process of how candidates are chosen, access to voters, media spin of their campaigns, districting, polling place access, polling station access (hours, location, laws around time off work to vote), early voting and mail-in rules - all affect the eventual outcome and all are completely broken in the US.
Is it still a democracy? Technically yes. But it’s on life support, and it’s the billionaires and major corporate donors that will decide whether and when to pull the plug.
The problems with money (capital) in American politics started long before Trump. Even before Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opened the doors to unlimited corporate spending in 2010, money was a stronger predictor of election outcomes than early polling and campaign finance laws had been eroding at least as far back as 1976.
Just beacause the person with the most votes is in office doesn’t mean that everything is “just fine” - the process of how candidates are chosen, access to voters, media spin of their campaigns, districting, polling place access, polling station access (hours, location, laws around time off work to vote), early voting and mail-in rules - all affect the eventual outcome and all are completely broken in the US.
Is it still a democracy? Technically yes. But it’s on life support, and it’s the billionaires and major corporate donors that will decide whether and when to pull the plug.