<p>If you think there is parity between Republicans and Democrats in terms of fundraising/campaign financing, youre sadly mistaken and totally misinformed.</p>
<p>Check this out: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.fundrace.org/moneymap.php?cand=RepVDem&zoom=County[/url]”>http://www.fundrace.org/moneymap.php?cand=RepVDem&zoom=County</a></p>
<p>Washington Post 2004:</p>
<p>"While Republicans maintain a sizable overall financial edge for this election cycle, the Democrats’ across-the-board fundraising surge is providing an unexpected boost to Kerry and Democratic Senate and House candidates just as the election season intensifies .</p>
<p> Republicans still enjoy an overall advantage in both money raised and money available to spend now through the Nov. 2 election because of their fundraising success last year. In 2003, Bush and the RNC and congressional committees raised a total of $340 million, nearly three times the $117 million raised by Kerry and the three Democratic committees. At the end of May, the Bush campaign and the GOP committees had a cash-on-hand advantage of $74 million over the Democrats .</p>
<h1>But scholars and the parties’ strategists agree that the GOP’s historical financial edge is eroding in the post-campaign-finance-reform era – at least temporarily "</h1>
<p>Unfortunately, many Americans voted for Bush/GOP candidates because Republican TV commercials appeared with greater frequency and they mailed more campaign flyers. </p>
<p>Poly Sci 101</p>