Why Do Republicans Have to Outspend Democrats?

Oh fudge, I guess it wasn't that clear.
I meant in campaign funds for the election.
 
Who says they have to? Of course, all sides in an election want to spend as much money as they can raise to promote their candidate.
 
Why is it that they only feel they can win by outspending?
And can they only win by outspending?
 
Politics is like sausage making....You don't wanna know what goes on behind those closed doors.
The people that make the commercials where the world is fuzzy and warm cost a lot of money thus , a kinder gentler Torquemada.
Cha Ching
 
Because they can get away with it.

There really is no practical difference at all between Republicans and Democrats. No matter which of them gets power, spending goes way up, our taxes go way up, and government gets more and more intrusive into almost every aspect of our lives.
 
subgenius said:
I meant in campaign funds for the election.
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Hey sub,

I think this is a very good question and deserves more than has been given thus far.

I think it is a complex question and that there are no easy answers. Assuming that they do and it seems right that Republicans do spend more (do you have any evidence?) then I would say that it is to combat the easy to generate dogma of the left. The "vote for us and there will be chicken in every pot" rhetoric and the "Republicans want to take health care away from elders, starve children, and burn babies with matches" demagoguery"

Since there are more poor people than wealthy it is easy to pander to the masses by using class warfare. Also mathematics dictates that the base of middle to lower middle class is larger grass roots politics would be greater for democrats since is largely their constituents. The majority of people are more likely to accept sound bites and political rhetoric and conservatives and republicans must spend more to educate (or combat) these false stereotypes and fallacious arguments.

Why do you think they spend more?
 
"Why do you think they spend more?"
Historically there's been fewer of them.
Leading to another question, a topic for another thread.
 
Well... do you have evidence that they spend more? If so, do you have any evidence supporting the allegation that they HAVE to spend more?
 
a_unique_person said:
If they didn't have to spend so much, why would they bother with all the pain in the @ss fundraising?
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I'm sorry AUP, the subject is spend "more" not "so much". Both parties bother with all the pin the @ss fundraising. Remember Al Gore and the temple? Selling the Lincoln Bedroom, teas and coffees, etc..

They both do it. Question is do the Republicans spend more. For the record I say yes. I have not seen the data though.
 
subgenius said:
Why is it that they only feel they can win by outspending?
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And how do you know this? I haven't heard one Repub say they can only win by outspending.
 
LeFevre said:


And how do you know this? I haven't heard one Repub say they can only win by outspending.
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I'll be the first to say: No $hit.

Saying that would be political suicide.
 
RandFan said:
I'm sorry AUP, the subject is spend "more" not "so much". Both parties bother with all the pin the @ss fundraising. Remember Al Gore and the temple? Selling the Lincoln Bedroom, teas and coffees, etc..

They both do it. Question is do the Republicans spend more. For the record I say yes. I have not seen the data though.
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They both do it, because if they didn't, they wouldn't have a snow-balls chance in hell of winning. The logical conclusion, then, is that the guy who spends the most has the best chance of winning. It will not guarantee a win, but it would certainly improve your odds.
 
subgenius said:

The proof is in the putting.
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I'd like to see the pudding. I'm curious about just how much more the Republicans spend.
 
RandFan said:
The "vote for us and there will be chicken in every pot" rhetoric and the "Republicans want to take health care away from elders, starve children, and burn babies with matches" demagoguery"
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We do :eek: ???

I must have been absent that day. :D

Pure opinion:
Seriously though, I think you are on to something. It is about class warfare which has it's own self-generating media mechanism. What gets me though, is that from what I have observed, the Rebublicans have actually done more towards health care, equality for minorities and other social issues than the Democrats have, but the perception is that the Democrats do more. IMO Democrats talk more about these issues and do less.
 
subgenius said:

The proof is in the putting.
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Well, that doesn't really answer how you know this of them. I think that either of the two major parties want to outspend.
 
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