mynameisethan182

In 2016, AL-4 voted for Trump by over 80% -- the highest percentage in the country. My opponent, Robert Aderholt, ran unopposed in 3 out of the last 4 elections. Democracy only works if voters have a choice.

I have a multi-part question related to the above quote.

You state that 80% of your district voted for Trump - this, to me, indicates some type of ideological consistency among the area. How do you intend to sway voters to your cause? Have you seen any success so far in this area?

Also, if your opponent ran unopposed for so long - do you think there is a particular reason for that? Does the Democratic party not see the value of expending resources in an area where 80% of the electorate is voting in such a way?

And finally, to wrap thing up, how did you gather funding for your campaign? Small donors exclusively?

You truely are an American hero.

Do you believe a hot dog is a sandwich?

Money = speech makes sense. If you worked hard for your money, you should be able to spend it how you wish.

However, money is not = to votes. People can still choose to vote for whoever they want.

Except that is a bit to simplistic of a way to look at it.

Let's say you're super rich, and you want to buy off elected representatives. Do you have the right to do that? Of course not; however, that large amount of money will allow you to do that. Either by financing their campaigns, buying advertising against your political opponents, etc.

Money doesn't represent speech. It gives you a megaphone to drown out other people's speech.

Hey Bill, I saw you mention in this comment that sometimes you drink beer at a baseball game. I'm a frequent commenter over at /r/baseball and I'm curious, who is your favorite baseball team? Also who were and are some of your favorite baseball players?