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[–] KurayaminoKai 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ease of swaying voters vs soliciting donations from companies. Say you'll make immigration/abortion/guns/giant mechas legal/illegal and odds are you'll have a sizable following of voters immediately. It's significantly harder to make corporations give you money... unless you've already been voted into office.
Tolerance for lying. You can promise voters the world and renege on all your campaign promises with basically no repercussions. Do the same with corporations and you'll have multiple lawyers aiming lawsuits up your ass.
Votes per person vs Money per corporation. You have one vote amongst millions. How much do money do you think it's worth? Whereas a single corporation can make a donation worth millions. Corporations know their donations can buy politicians with lots of votes, but voters don't think their votes can sway rich politicians to help them.
[–] seja_tha_destroya 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Because they usually keep money flowing. Donation limits renew every year, campaign seasons are always looming, a large portion of the problem of corruption in politics is the close link between capital (money) and political viability (electability). That came as a result of Citizen's United in 2010 and a host of other bad policies.
[–] wtfduud ago
Corporations have more money.
[–] HoneyNutStallmans ago
Frequently, the politicians' votes are recorded and broadcast to the world. The voting records are basically receipts of how someone voted. Why donate to someone who is evidently working against your interests?
Many congressional votes used to be left unrecorded, until an Act in 1970.
[–] Sutcliffe ago
People are forgetful. Corps aren't.
[–] jeegte12 ago
Corporate decision makers are smart. Regular people aren't.
[–] VictoryScreech ago
Because it's the corporations paying the politicians to fund the different agendas. I don't have anything to source off hand, but isn't it the case?