Without question, money drives politics in the U.S. and beyond. Here is how it plays out in our country, compliments of Transparency USA. If you look at the 2022 election races, I was interested to find that Gov. Greg Abbott received $4 Million from the "Republican Governors Association Right Direction PAC."
The Texas Ethics Commission is also a helpful source for related information.
Check out the RGA website. You'll see Abbott on the landing page. This level and kind of funding for conservative causes and conservative governor's races are very much behind what we know as the "right turn" in U.S. politics today that finds expression in neoliberal, anti-democratic electoral victories and extremists policies that we are seeing playing out in our legislatures across the country. Perhaps not every Republican-led legislature, but certainly in Texas, Florida and various other states.
Very eye-opening, to say the least.
-Angela Valenzuela
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