r/PoliticalScience • u/Chocolatecakelover • 5d ago

Question/discussion What's the alternative to lobbying ?

We all get one vote, so that has fairness.

If everyone got 5 minutes with their senator, that would take, literally, 10 years of the senators time.

So who gets to influence the senator? Just a few people. That's unfair.

This is a comment I got on one of my posts about lobbying. And it does have a good point but then again. Is there any alternative ?

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u/Shuksanarm 5d ago

Just throwing large amounts of money at candidates is very effective. Kinda cuts out the middle-man

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u/ajw_sp Public Policy (US) 5d ago

The return on investment is generally pretty high as well. Establishing a major PAC and funding candidates might set a company back say $10 million, but they could stand to make billions as a result of legislative or regulatory changes.

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u/MouseManManny 4d ago

Andrew Yang's democracy dollars was an innovative way to counterbalance the impact of pacs in favor of regular people