text: Money is generally what buys most elections.  Whoever has the biggest budget generally wins the election.  This goes from City Elections to National Elections whoever spend the most usually wins.  Elections are not bought per say in any other way.  There may have been things that have happened on a local scale that may not be up to par, however when this happens there is usually one party a lot stronger than the other in that area.  On a National Scale there is no way and the Electoral College keeps it that way.