Nelson Rockefeller was one of the richest men in America. He thought he was a shoo-in to be the GOP candidate in 1968. Nixon had no big backers and was seen as a loser by the media.

Except Nixon had spent all his time after his California Sneate race loss working 24/7 for every GOP candidate he could find. He made speeches, raised money, helped organize, and when he went into the 1968 convention, he ran rings around what the establishment wanted.

Money is huge in politics, but organization can beat it.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So you're telling me with enough organization within the system we can swap a piece of shit for a piece of shit? Sign me tf up

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, if voting doesn't matter, why is the GOP working so hard to deny people the right to vote?

https://youtu.be/t0e9guhV35o

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't put words in my mouth. If what you took from the last however many comments is that I'm saying "voting useless", I don't think you're qualified to have this conversation in the first place.

But to answer your question, they will bend whatever laws they have to to keep themselves in power. I don't know why you thought that showing an example of how fucked the US voting system is is a point in favor of it.