Every american citizen has the right to vote, but do they know how the candidates got there?
All electoral candidates need as a source of income to support their campaign. A candidate's campaign is their lifeline to success in the general election. A heavily funded campaign can afford advertising to promote their candidate and further gain votes.
In Lawrence Lessig’s ted talk “ we the people, and the republic we must reclaim” he talks about the funding process in america's electoral cycle. He presents an analogy to bring a better understanding of how the funding process works. His analogy was tasteful in the way that he used the Simpsons to represent the american people.
Mr, Lessig’s felt that the funding process in america was corrupt and stressed his point that something had to change. His main point was that only 1% of the population funds campaigns, this means that only 1% of the population decides who makes it to the general election. Does this mean that the electoral process is corrupt or that only 1% of the population is willing to donate their money to the candidate of their choice.
I don't agree with Mr Lessig’s point because I don't think that choice funding is a problem. I don't think that only certain people should be able to fund just because of how much money they have or what town they live in. it should be a free non regulated process where anyone can fund whatever campaign they want and donate as much as they want.
