Big Money Won All Its Bets on 2014 Propositions

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Elections are influenced by so-called big money. Photo by Katie Brigham/KQED

By John Myers, KQED News Fix/Faultlines

The campaign with the bigger bank account often has the advantage in California ballot measure fights, but in 2014, that advantage was insurmountable. A new analysis shows that the side that spent the most got its way all four times last year with the passage of Proposition 47 and the defeat of Propositions 45, 46 and 48.

That is a 100 percent success rate for big money, far better than just 50 percent in 2012 and 57 percent for those who spent the most in 2010.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/Faultlines.

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