I think the degree to which money swings general elections is vastly overrated and would love to see your evidence to the contrary.
No amount of spending will get you a democrat senator in Texas, for instance.
No amount of spending will get you a democrat senator in Texas, for instance.
Money won't get you a Democratic senator in Texas, but it makes you 100x more likely to get you a Republican lawyer than an average Republican.
For that matter there is an Australian billionaire whose "investment" also does not appear to have worked in his favour [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_e...
There are other ways for money to impact politics beyond individual general elections. As well as funding community organizing and creating long-term propaganda, it's much easier to impact ballot initiatives (paid signature gathering works, for example, where paid canvassers don't.)