alt Hacker News> the major corporate money backed candidate lost
Elon Musk spent $290 million to elect Trump. Are you saying that had no impact? How do you know this?
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tjwebbnorfolk • today at 3:12 AM
It's widely reported that the democrats spent over twice as much money as Trump. Both parties have their share of big donors, this isn't new, nor is it specific to Elon. It's been this way a long, long time.
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Both sides have their supporters. Everyone knows that. I'm not going to take your bait to prove a negative. In both 2016 and 2024 Trump raised less money than his opponent (massively less in 2016) and still won.