Elections: The Myth of the Small Donor
āThere is simply a better payoff by courting seven-figure donors,ā said Matt Schlapp, a former White House political director for George W. Bush, in a Politico story Tuesday.
The story, ā Election 2012: The Myth of the Small Donor ,ā details the meteoric rise of the mega-donor. Multimillion-dollar donations from people like Sheldon Adelson, Frank VanderSloot and the Koch brothers are āquickly diminishing one of the few avenuesāoutside of votingāfor average folks to shape elections, help determine candidatesā viability and affect the course of the country.ā


