The US Democratic presidential hopeful doesn’t seem to have many policies, but he has raised record-breaking funds. Is this healthy?
Beto O’Rourke is a man with a very fuzzy plan. He doesn’t seem to have much idea where he sits on the political spectrum, or what his policies are. He does, on the other hand, have an awful lot of money. The US Democratic challenger raised a record-breaking $6.1m during the first 24 hours of his campaign. This beats the $5.9m Bernie Sanders raised in his first 24 hours, and makes the other candidate hauls look somewhat pathetic. While Kamala Harris reportedly brought in more than $1.5m in her first day, it took Amy Klobuchar 48 hours to get to a measly million. I won’t bore you by listing what the other Democratic candidates have raised; suffice it to say, there is a lot invested in making sure Donald Trump doesn’t get another term.
On the one hand, all this fundraising is great. As far as I’m concerned, unseating Trump is priceless. On the other hand, it’s hard not to look at the enormous amounts being raised without feeling a little queasy. There is so much good this money could be doing, it feels like a colossal waste to have it go towards political campaigning; it seems a shame to be investing in rhetoric rather than real change. It also feels incredibly corrupt to have such obscene amounts of money influencing the election process.
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