Do you know why money matters in politics?  Because it buys votes.  Politicians are willing to sell their opinions for money because it is expensive to run a campaign convincing people who are otherwise apathetic to vote for you.  And that is were most political campaigns are won because most people who aren&#x27;t apathetic about an election have already made up their mind before the campaigns&#x27; marketing efforts even start up.<p>It all comes back to votes.