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[–] KurayaminoKai 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.