Doesn't matter who you buy into the whitehouse, you also need to buy the majority in both houses of congress for anything to get done.
This is prohibitively expensive for anyone, even the largest corporations.
This is prohibitively expensive for anyone, even the largest corporations.
You can help get people elected into local positions that align with your interests. AND some of those people will continue to build their career in politics and may become Senator or Governor someday.
That's influence. That's buying into the system to make it how you think things will be better.
Such is life in Palo Alto.
It appears that Palo Alto has elections for city council every 4 years.
Here's an election guide:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Clerk/Munici...
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Clerk/Munici...