USA-valet: street money - hur man köper röster i Philadelphia
Philadelphia, mutstaden.
En intressant amerikansk sed som visar hur det amerikanska valsystemet skiljer sig från det svenska är att man på många ställen i de äldre storstäderna måste betala mutor för att försäkra sig om att vinna.
Så var det länge i Chicago, så är det fortfarande i Philadelphia och i andra städer. Om man vill försäkra sig om att få den politiska maskinens hjälp med att få väljarna till urnorna så betalar man.
Obama vägrade att betala i Phildalphia och det betydde att hans anhängare istället fick betala mutorna. Inga mutor, inge röster. Dvs inga mutor och de demokratiska partifunktionärerna kommer att göra allt för att det blir så svårt för dina väljare att rösta som de överhuvudtaget kan. T.ex. genom att ta lång tid på sig att kolla dina ID-handlingar.
Katharine Q. Seelye skriver i New York Times om hur man måste betala mutor till den demokratiska politiska maskinen i Phildadelphia för att få “hjälp med” att få väljarna till unorna.
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Street money? The grease that turns the wheels in Philly’s old ward system. Mr. Obama said he wasn’t going to play that game, prompting a lot of boo-hooing among some locals. Bill Greene, a city councilman at large and an Obama backer, is one who says, “When in Rome … ” And, he says, “If Obama doesn’t come out of Philly with 80 or 90 percent of the African-American vote, it will be because they didn’t spend money on the ground getting people to the polls.” Others say that with voters so excited about this election, street money is less necessary. Either way, Mr. Brady says his city committee came through with $400,000 at the last minute, mainly from fund-raising events. “It would be nice to have more, but we didn’t have it,” he says.
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