Congressional Election Essay

The data gives me an insight of how much work is put in recruiting process for congressional elections. I never thought of how the congressional elections work out. I believed they just had individuals donate to their campaign, but actually big industries can donate as well. Nevertheless that they actually start before the election (384). Their needs to be a lot of money raised. Second, from the amount of which he spent means money is a key factor in order to have a successful campaign.There needs to be a bunch of contributions from industries, sectors, and PAC’s. Nevertheless, that even industries can donate money, especially industries such as Oil and Gas. He seems to be the most well liked candidate from the amount of money he received.

Senator Ted Cruz raised a huge amount of 13,152,154. However his main opponent, Paul Sadler, only raised a total of $705.03K. If a challenger wants to competitive against Ted Cruz, the competitor would have to raise, more than 13,152,154. The pattern of contributions does indeed tell me what type of member of congress Ted Cruz will be. His top PAC contributor is Business, suggesting that he will mainly focus on business and finance. Furthermore, his top industry is Republican/Conservative suggesting that he will have ideologies of a republican because that industry gave him so much money. Based on the pattern of contributions, I would say the powerful interests in my state are related to finance. The top contributions were related to finance. Thus it is safe to say Texas are more concerned on money. The pattern does reinforce my existing perceptions. Honestly, the amount raised does concerns me, for a bunch of money could potentially go to other things, such as: education, It’s astonishing how a candidate must “raise more than one million” in order to have a reasonable chance for a seat on the House of