<story><title>The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 to YesOn19</title><url>http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2010/10/quest-for-freedom-and-safety-why-i.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hfinney</author><text>Why are all these donations happening so late? It&apos;s four days until the election. Half the electorate has already voted, and the rest are tuning everything out by now. Prop 19 is failing and it&apos;s too late for advertising to make a difference. Where were all these deep pockets a month ago?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paul</author><text>Better late than never :)&lt;p&gt;Apparently a very large fraction of voters actually make their decision &lt;i&gt;while in the voting booth&lt;/i&gt;!</text></comment>
<story><title>The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 to YesOn19</title><url>http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2010/10/quest-for-freedom-and-safety-why-i.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hfinney</author><text>Why are all these donations happening so late? It&apos;s four days until the election. Half the electorate has already voted, and the rest are tuning everything out by now. Prop 19 is failing and it&apos;s too late for advertising to make a difference. Where were all these deep pockets a month ago?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dotBen</author><text>I agree with your point (I also agree on YES on 19, although I&apos;m not allowed to vote here in CA).&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m guessing the late run of donations is because latest polls show there is a 50/50 chance of this passing, whereas a few months ago it looked like it was unlikely.&lt;p&gt;You either put up $100k earlier on to make a wider political statement regardless of the chances of outcome or you put up $100k to help create tip the balance when it looks like things could go either way...</text></comment>