If winning a majority vote from the public requires massive funding and corruption, what, pray tell, does winning a majority vote from a ruling class require?
I'm simply advocating apportionment as the founders intended with Amendment the First.
The founders also very explicitly intended for the aristocracy to control the government, because the proles (even land-owning ones!) can't be entrusted to make good decisions.
A lot of what they intended was incredibly self-serving, at the expense of their subjects.