Has their ever been a movie or documentary that shows a person running for an office at the very beginning, the show the middle (and if they get bribed) then to the election night?

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• Golfnbrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Robert Redford, The Candidate, 1972

  I don’t remember a bribe, but it’s a good movie.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Pretty sure that happens in that one where Chris Rock becomes president, but it’s been a long ass time since I saw it. Don’t even remember the name… First Man or something like that?

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    lol you following me around? And doubt my atomic bomb of knowledge?

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• False@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is basically Tommy Carcetti’s arc from The Wire. It’s one of the storylines on the 3rd(?) season

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Carcetti didn’t take a bribe nor did he ever bribe anyone. There was the shady shit with Clay Davis extorting Carcetti, but it is clear tht Carcetti didn’t play.

    Carcetti did become a slime ball in office but that was really more hurting the city to protect his political career.

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    • False@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Agreed with all that. But they show his entire run including the backroom dealings like Clay Davis, so still seems pretty close.

      But it’s also been a good while since I saw it.

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• DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What good is bribing a candidate? And by bribe do you mean blackmail?

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  • Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I could picture an organization bankrolling a candidate in exchange for political favours when they win.

    But yeah, usually the bribery comes after the election

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    • DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      We just call that a donation. And it goes through a PAC and it’s legal. The supreme Court has removed all the guard rails so unlimited donations and direct coordination with a PAC is now possible.

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• IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I suspect The Ides of March has what you are looking for. The candidate didn’t get a bribe but there was a much more significant event that is shown.

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• RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Politicians don’t get envelopes full of cash anymore, they have PACs run campaign ads in exchange for support on policies they never explicitly ask for.

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• DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  https://youtu.be/ChamAlwvKpo

  The Great McGinty.

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