That's what they lead one to believe that it goes to the right candidate. It does not really matter much as all politicians are cut from same cloth no matter what affiliation they are. They don't give a crap about the actual citizens unless someone donates big to their campaign which is usually corporate donors aka ass kissers that get their way.
They can always find billions of tax dollars to aid other parts of the world, but they can't look after their own citizen's needs. Use the taxpayer dollars to fund others needs and make the taxpayer take a back seat to everything.