I am writing in response to the Sun Journal article, “Maine gay rights group outspent opponents 3 to 1,” that was printed Dec. 23.

The article quotes the Yes On One side’s assertion that there was a correlation between their relative failure at fundraising and the election outcome. This assertion is not balanced by a quote from the other side, nor supported by any evidence.

A reader is left with the impression that No On One succeeded solely because they raised more money.

In the absence of polling data pointing to a correlation between campaign spending and the election outcome, such as voters’ reporting that the impact of No On One commercials caused them to vote no, there is no reason to conclude that spending by either side was a key factor in the outcome of the election. Any number of other factors may have been equally or more important, such as the fact that the majority of Maine voters thought that defeating this so-called people’s veto was simply the right thing to do.

David Steven Rappoport,

Bowdoinham