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Club for Growth spends significant funds, often on ineffective or counterproductive negative ads, on elections:

Club for Growth spends significant funds, often on ineffective or counterproductive negative ads, on elections:

{{cquote|The Club for Growth spent $71 million supporting Republican candidates in the 2020 election and [as of April 28, 2022] raised $38 million for the 2022 midterms, spending $13 million.<ref>https://www.aol.com/news/top-conservative-group-fires-back-164829211.html</ref>}}

{{cquote|The Club for Growth [https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/C00487470/summary/2020 spent $71 million] supporting Republican candidates in the 2020 election and [as of April 28, 2022] raised $38 million for the 2022 midterms, spending $13 million.<ref>https://www.aol.com/news/top-conservative-group-fires-back-164829211.html</ref>}}

Rather than fund [[grassroots]] efforts, Club for Growth spends wastefully on often-negative advertisements that probably have virtually no effect on elections.  Its negative ads against a conservative, who then wins the primary anyway, can make it harder for the conservative to win the general election.

Rather than fund [[grassroots]] efforts, Club for Growth spends wastefully on often-negative advertisements that probably have virtually no effect on elections.  Its negative ads against a conservative, who then wins the primary anyway, can make it harder for the conservative to win the general election.