Campaign donations, special interests, PAC, Super Pacs; money, money, and more money that is spent on political campaigns. This year is the mother of all records though. Brendan Quinn from the Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org) gives us some insight into the deluge of campaign money and helps to answer the question - does money really buy an election?

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