Who will win the battle for the dollars? As more dollars are spent advertising support for issues ranging from healthcare to Supreme Court nominees to environmental issues, the groups that can raise the most cash to fund their issues, have a decided advantage in shaping policy.
We know of at least $13M spent by conservative groups,( including $10M spent by a PAC funded by the Koch brothers), in support of the Gorsuch nomination to be one of the nine Supreme Court Justices.
The 2010 ruling 558 U.S. 310 by the Supreme Court otherwise known as Citizens United, virtually opened the political process to unlimited spending by private interest groups. Both liberal and conservative groups utilize PACs( Political Action Committees), however conservative entities have been funneling more and more dollars to media advertising in support of their issues.
One of the main issues in the 2016 Presidential elections was the potential repeal of Citizens United. Liberals are in favor of this, while conservatives are not. Will liberal causes be able to match conservative PACs firepower, or will they have to rely on grass root support and smaller individual contributions to even the advertising scales?