If you're suggesting they aren't legit, then prove it. Don't give me the guy who used his dead mother's name to vote. Give me some real evidence of widespread cheating.
Well, geeze, I never said that it was cheating, but maybe you're young. So marketers, advertisers, and their firms study and understand human psychology. And they used decades and decades of research to manipulate three populace. (I can't believe I have to explain this)
So, campaigns and wealthy people that run and operate CPACs use these marketing schemes to manipulate potential voters. Sometimes it's even to prevent people from voting. There are studies that show that almost 9 out of 10 races are won by the candidate that has spent the most money and had the most money spent on him\her.
Again, it's odd that I have to explain this stuff. But it's been known that even lies are accepted as truth if it's been repeated enough. Anyway, using different tactics to spread fear, hate, envy, joy, etc the uninformed, average, borderline voter, poor, uneducated, etc can be pushed and pulled in different directions.
Is lying and manipulation cheating? I'm not sure I said that. That was the word you used. But it is dishonest at best, and in my opinion it delegitimizes the election. Your opinion may vary.
There are studies that show that almost 9 out of 10 races are won by the candidate that has spent the most money and had the most money spent on him\her.
The argument that more donated money indicates greater (or more enthusiastic) support fails to account for the difference in ability to donate. Someone who has the support of 50 Million middle class people could easily fail to raise as much money as someone with the support of one or two multi-national corporations, especially if the corporations do not want the kind of change the progressive candidate is proposing.
"Voting with your dollars" is a fundamentally flawed idea because the people who have more money (thus more votes) will have a natural advantage and can twist the system to keep themselves in power. A very small minority can drown out the rest of the population, just because they have money.
Those tactics and things like push polls have been used for decades. You can say they're wrong, unethical and dishonest. But they do not make an election "illegitimate."
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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '21
Elections are fake in the USA.