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Back從馬斯克到幣圈巨資助攻難敵選民怒火 美期中選舉敲警鐘
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從馬斯克到幣圈巨資助攻難敵選民怒火 美期中選舉敲警鐘

馬斯克與加密貨幣產業投入數億美元,多名支持候選人仍告落敗

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美國期中選舉成為史上最昂貴選舉,馬斯克及加密貨幣、AI產業投入數億美元支持特定候選人,最終多數落敗。分析指出,選民對經濟及科技衝擊的不滿壓過資金影響力,促使捐款人重新檢視策略。

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本次美國期中選舉被視為史上最昂貴的選舉,各方勢力投入大量資金試圖影響選情。選民對於經濟狀況及科技產業帶來的就業衝擊表現出強烈不滿。

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美國富豪馬斯克和加密貨幣、人工智慧(AI)產業支持者,對今年美國期中選舉多場關鍵選戰投入數億美元。然而,在這場美國史上「最昂貴」的選舉中,他們支持的多名候選人最終仍告落敗,選民對經濟的不滿,包括科技對其就業和社區的衝擊,最終壓過資金洪流。

彭博5日報導,這些敗選勢必讓許多主要政治捐款人重新檢視,投入大筆資金究竟能發揮多大效果,以及是否需要調整策略。在部份選戰,這些大筆資金或許不僅未能協助候選人輕鬆取勝,反而激發反對陣營的力量。

為民主黨贏得德州聯邦參議員席次的塔拉里科(James Talarico)選戰主要仰賴全國小額捐款,他3日勝選演說表示,「我們剛展現出,全世界的錢都無法與德州人民抗衡」。

根據美國聯邦選舉委員會申報紀錄,馬斯克在這次期中選舉捐款逾4億4500萬美元,再度成為最大單一捐款人,其中2億500萬美元投入德州選戰,力挺共和黨候選人派克斯頓(Ken Paxton)角逐聯邦參議員,但是派克斯頓最終輸給塔拉里科。

加密貨幣產業投入1億6600萬美元,其中6400萬美元用來阻止俄亥俄州民主黨參議員候選人布朗(Sherrod Brown)勝選,同樣未能奏效。AI和資料中心產業投入數百萬美元,支持總統川普欽點的南卡羅來納州聯邦參議員共和黨候選人達琳.葛蘭姆(Darline Graham),仍不敵民主黨候選人安德魯斯(Annie Andrews)。

另一大輸家是親共和黨的超級政治行動委員會「參議院領導基金」(Senate Leadership Fund),本屆選舉投入逾5億5800萬美元,但是其重點投入的5場選戰,支持的候選人全數落敗。

民主黨同樣在這次期中選舉花費不貲,幾個激戰州參議員候選人的募款與支出甚至明顯超越共和黨選戰對手;不過外部團體支出仍由共和黨占優勢,共和黨以及與川普或該黨國會領袖有關的3個超級政治行動委員會,共募得21億美元,相較之下民主黨相關陣營為14億美元。

不過,共和黨捐款人支持對象也有勝選的例子。避險基金城堡投資集團執行長葛里芬捐款1500萬美元支持共和黨候選人唐納茲(Byron Donalds),以及250萬美元支持共和黨參議員穆迪(Ashley Moody),兩人均勝選。加密貨幣產業支持的超級政治行動委員會「公平競爭」(Fairshake)旗下支持共和黨候選人的組織,投入逾1190萬美元,支持共和黨參議員芮基茲(Pete Ricketts);芮基茲3日在內布拉斯加州順利連任。

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  • 捐款人未來是否會減少政治投入?
  • 科技業將如何調整其遊說策略?

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