There's one candidate who has spent billions of his own money laying the groundwork for his campaign. He's spent hundreds of millions on both traditional ads and "gray area" social media stuff like paying influencers to post memes.
Wouldn't a rational back-and-forth about the efficacy of his spending happen after the election results come in?
Couldn't we have a postmortem about the previous elections first? People are still happily claiming that the advertising and use of Facebook had no effect.
Wouldn't a rational back-and-forth about the efficacy of his spending happen after the election results come in?