Interest groups in most democracies are also a source of financial support for election campaigns.
He who pays the piper calls the tune, who ever Murdoch backs will call his tune or run the risk of losing his financial support at election time!
The United States and the European Union also cut their financial support toward the election, saying the election was flawed from the start.
Western nations condemned the court's verdict, withdrawing financial support from the election, which they called illegitimate from the start.
Others offered financial support for his election campaigns, and some served under him as advisers, speechwriters, ambassadors and cabinet members.
The African and European Unions withdrew their observers, and the United States pulled its financial support for the elections.
For years these fiefdoms were run as little more than as piggy banks for connected politicians, who could count on substantial financial support for re-election, and retiring members and staffers from their committees of jurisdiction could expect a lucrative lobbying contract.
He also provided financial support for Barack Obama's election bid.
"He sold our assets to South African interests who provided him with financial support to manipulate the election," he said.
Charles Koch recently praised the Popes, along with other donors, for providing financial support for the 2012 election effort, and tax records show that Pope has given money to at least twenty-seven groupsupporteded by the Kochs, including organizations opposing environmental regulations, tax increases, unions, and campaign-spending limits.
