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[–] cyks 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I think what is confusing you the most is the idea that the factors to take into consideration are not easily to disambiguate through rose tinted glasses.

What relationship is there between spending money on a campaign and running an economy?

You might as well ask what any large system of agents and transactions has to do with keeping an economy healthy, or what does the president do to affect the economy? Both can be answered by a 5 year old, but I assume you do not really care for easy answers.

Here is an easy answer: The money spent on the campaign can come from sources that may not have the greater good of the economy in mind. There can be a strong relationship between money spent on a campaign and running the economy if the campaign is for the U.S. President. Is that relationship easy to see with rose tinted glasses? No. It would be hard to see interests paying to win when you think everything is rosy. It would be hard to disambiguate large lists, populated with ideas that are too big to fail.