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This Matters with Bill Britt

When money decides elections before voters do

Primary elections are where power is decided, often by hidden money, leaving voters reacting to outcomes already shaped behind closed doors.

Most elections are decided before most voters are paying attention.

And much of the money shaping those outcomes is never fully seen and never fully understood.

In this week’s “This Matters,” Bill Britt examines how primary elections—especially in Alabama—have become the true battleground for power, and what that means for voters who only engage once the outcome is already taking shape. Because once influence operates quietly and without transparency, elections stop being a contest of ideas and become a process of managed perception.

The uncomfortable truth is this: many candidates are financed, positioned and carried by interests most voters will never be able to trace.

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