I actually live in Sean Tevis' district, and I have not donated any money to his campaign. Why not? Because, even though I support Sean Tevis and have even gone through the trouble of adding his fan page on Facebook... there is no reason for me to give any money to his campaign. Other people are doing that for me. It's like a classic free riding problem in an introductory rational choice theory textbook.
Of course, I will be voting for Sean Tevis. This is despite the obvious fact that he will be accountable to random people who committed a single donation on Paypal rather than the voters from his district. This may be bad news to some. But I, for one, welcome my new Silicon Valley overlords...
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I actually live in Sean Tevis' district, and I have not donated any money to his campaign. Why not? Because, even though I support Sean Tevis and have even gone through the trouble of adding his fan page on Facebook... there is no reason for me to give any money to his campaign. Other people are doing that for me. It's like a classic free riding problem in an introductory rational choice theory textbook.
Of course, I will be voting for Sean Tevis. This is despite the obvious fact that he will be accountable to random people who committed a single donation on Paypal rather than the voters from his district. This may be bad news to some. But I, for one, welcome my new Silicon Valley overlords...