I am hoping that this article was written with tongue firmly in cheek (read it here.) The writer posits that campaign contributions are a free market analysis of public confidence. That the more money a candidate has the more "popular" or the greater the candidates "stock." So query whether a hundred $1 donations is the functional equivalent of one $100. This article really discounts the "little guy" and allows the big bucks to sway "public opinion."
The latest campaign spending reports are in and have been reported in the Tribune Herald, read it here . No District 1 candidate chose public financing because the amount of the financing depends on the amount the candidates spent in the last election. Because we had an incumbent with no opposition our public financing amount was $1,400. In District 6 it is $41,000!!!
Go to the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission website to see who gave what to whom, and then see what the candidates spent the money on. It's fascinating reading.
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