Big Republican donors got at 1-2% average return on their estimated nearly $ 1 billion dollars of political spending in the 2012 election.
If these donors had consulted Jesus of Nazareth (Luke 4: 18), they might have spent the money more effectively. In fact, spending on ending poverty and providing health care, two areas where Jesus notes humanity needs to get to work, they might have invested with a 100% success rate.

Poverty in U.S.