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Corporations and interest groups fund politicians who will vote for their interests by donating huge amounts of money supporting a candidate's politics. The ordinary voter cannot compete with this so these politicians are essentially bought by the moneyed interests.
Evidently the "ordinary voter "can compete if this false premise that corporations only donate to Republicans is true ,because apparently the Dems are kicking butt raising money this season . Union and organizations like the NAACP ,and the Sierra Club are corporations who represent the interests of their membership. I'm sure you would not deny them their 1st amendment speech and financial support to candidates campaigns who address their areas of concern ;and to denounce candidates who's positions are in opposition to their areas of concern. The majority opinion noted that “political speech is “indispensable to decisionmaking in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation.”
Do you really think the decision was so bad ? Since the decision ,more and more candidates preferred by the party establishment have faces primary challenges . That almost never happened before Citizen's United .The reason the funding stats have happened is that since Super Pacs no longer face restrictions ,citizens with common interests have united .Thousands of small donors have united with organized donation drives like "crowd funding ". Recently CORPORATIONS with names like Maine People's Alliance and Mainers for Accountable Leadership have led the drive to fund opposition to Susan Collins .
