Three times as much money has been raised for this year’s elections as four years ago, when the Citizens United decision was announced.
But where is it all coming from?
Bill Moyers speaks with investigative journalists Kim Barker and Andy Kroll about the role of dark money — and the wealthy donors behind it — in this year’s midterm elections.
“This is the era of the empowered ‘one percenter’. They’re taking action and they’re becoming the new, headline players in this political system,” Kroll tells Moyers. Kim Barker adds, “People want influence. It’s a question of whether we’re going to allow it to happen, especially if we’re going to allow it to happen and nobody even knows who the influencers are.”
You can watch the inteview, below.
Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections? from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
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