tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7527951295013830593..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Why Jeb Bush is in Trouble (updated)Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-61168722608958647812015-10-19T09:54:23.747-05:002015-10-19T09:54:23.747-05:00It seems to me that a good indicator of a candidat...It seems to me that a good indicator of a candidate's popularity is her/his number of small donors. The graph posted here reflects a high popularity for Dr. Carson among Republican donors. On the Democratic side, less than one per cent of the approximately 700,000 donors to Senator Sanders' campaign have contributed the maximum amount, according to this recent article in The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-dominates-with-small-donors-while-the-gop-rakes-in-the-dark-money/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941548214059943058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-5173111761389052362015-10-18T14:04:22.217-05:002015-10-18T14:04:22.217-05:00Nothing about how Presidential elections cycles ar...Nothing about how Presidential elections cycles are supposed to go is playing out. For either party.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-51490620651020165772015-10-18T10:38:33.459-05:002015-10-18T10:38:33.459-05:00What candidate in this race am I not supposed to b...What candidate in this race am I not supposed to be concerned about? Every one of them would be a disaster.<br /><br />What I'm trying to do here is demonstrate that our assumptions about the role money in politics aren't playing out.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-15401778358948456102015-10-18T09:16:58.384-05:002015-10-18T09:16:58.384-05:00What is interesting to me about that chart is that...What is interesting to me about that chart is that Ben Carson is out-raising everyone with individual donors by a considerable amount. Or am I just reading this wrong? Graphs aren't user friendly to me. If I am reading this correctly, then why aren't we more concerned about the retired brain surgeon with ZERO experience?Tien Lenoreply@blogger.com