R code by Adam Bonica showing his analysis that only 1.6% of more than $600 million raised by Democratic political spam texts actually went to candidates! #RStats 馃憖馃憖
https://github.com/abonica/Mothership-Strategies-FEC-Analysis/blob/main/mothership_complete_api_analysis.R
His blog post: https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mothership-vortex-an-investigationhttps://www.threads.com/@rickhasen1/post/DM6S6oqSsEE
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@smach I will try to read that later but for someone not raised in american politics where that money should go? ads/staff?
@smach Oh ok ....
"Here's what that number means: for every dollar a grandmother in Iowa donates believing she's saving democracy, 98 cents goes to consultants and operational costs. Just pennies reach actual campaigns."
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