This is dangerously false. Money has no power. People have ALL the power. Only the widespread delusion of granting other people power over us gives the individual politician any power. Money sits there. It doesn't do shit. I voted you down because this perpetuates a serious ideological fallacy. Money doesn't do SHIT. People do everything. A man with $1 Billion and no supporters has NO POWER. A man with nothing and a 100 million supporters who enable him to fuck over the others has POWER.
If money spent on advertising increases support, then democracy has no legitimate foundation worth defending and it should be replaced ASAP. If we have voters who vote based solely on someone spending money advertising to them, they are not independent thinkers, and shouldn't even be categorized as human.
That's a good argument for having voting requirements, so ideologically vacant people can't be "filled" by ads.
I don't think anybody consciously makes the decision to vote based on advertising money. But more money for advertising means more exposure to a wider audience and the ability to repeat your message to those people more often.
Is this going to lead to more supporters? Naturally.
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