I know from personal experience, discussions with others and the obsessions of the media that people are NOT being swayed by ads. No one has to even see one. I have ad-blockers, I screen my calls, I discard ALL junk mail, unopened/unread,have no commercial TV at all and if it wasn’t for spam and the radio, I would never hear a word about political candidates from their wealthy supporters.
My government has betrayed me. I have taken note of individual names. However futile, I will not vote for my enemies, no matter how many uber-wealthy supporters they have. In fact, the more support from the super-rich, the less support from me.
FWIW, I have received not a single piece of spam, not a single robocall, not a single mailing from or for Trump, yet I know exactly what he’s done/said/promised.
If the election ends up being rigged, I expect CWII.
Devos family is strong. My good friend was running for MI Senate seat last cycle and he was up 3 points with a week to go. After a HUGE push, the DeVos team chewed us up and won by 15. Money does have a say in politics....especially at local levels.