This benefits advertising agencies and the media, but no one else, and surely not the parties themselves, or the viewers who are bombarded with ads, especially if they happen to live in hotly contested swing states. It is difficult to believe that, say, $200 million would not have been enough to inform the electorate adequately of the candidates’ policies.
这笔支出的大头被用于两大对立党派的相互抹黑。这肥了广告商和媒体，对其他人则毫无益处可言，对于两大政党本身以及被广告轰炸的观众（特别是住在摇摆州者）更是如此。很难相信（比如）2亿美元还不足以让一个选区充分了解候选人的政策。