Politics minus the money

Can democracy and politics work without big money ?
Michigan’s Top Political Donors For The 2018 Election
include 14 Families who spent more than $1 Million each.

1. DeVos family, Grand Rapids, $11.3 million
2. Shri Thanedar, Ann Arbor, $10.4 million
3. Sandy Pensler, Grosse Pointe Park, $5.0 million
4. Jim Hines and family, Saginaw, $2.6 million
5. Ron and Eileen Weiser, Ann Arbor, $2.1 million

http://mcfn.org/node/7160/forty-michigan-families-gave-56-million-to-candidates-committees-ahead-of-the-2018-election-disclosures-show

You forgot greed.

Take it all out of the equation.
HELL most people don't watch the TV on 2, 4, 7 anymore
so "coverage" is basically a mute point for most of the voting public.
MANY never go to a rally, a meet and great, etc., etc.

The money is spent in the media, and that is changing very rapidly.
Reading about a candidate is an almost non existent thing.
Who spends 30 minutes of their day actually reading politics ?
Truly educated voters [[en masse) who know various candidates platforms/stances inside and out - choke me with barbed wire noose