This document is about funding transparency, and seems unrelated to what I said. Are you trolling me?
> What are the chances that a candidate outside of existing party structures and their fundraising machines will be able to communicate own political views to a sufficient number of voters?
Very good, actually. Donald Trump was a party outsider, and far different from establishment Republicans. Bernie Sanders was second place in the primaries, twice in a row, and does not identify with the party, he simply invites himself in during election season. They both received tons of funding from various sources, with small contributions making up a large chunk of their funding. Turns out if you're popular money will flow your way.
Your link actually backs up my point.
> No it is not. This argument was not used to address something in the thread, it is used as a foundation for the next paragraph
Fair.
> Every distortion is different and has some unique traits that need to be considered on case by case basis. Example: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/docume...
This document is about funding transparency, and seems unrelated to what I said. Are you trolling me?
> What are the chances that a candidate outside of existing party structures and their fundraising machines will be able to communicate own political views to a sufficient number of voters?
Very good, actually. Donald Trump was a party outsider, and far different from establishment Republicans. Bernie Sanders was second place in the primaries, twice in a row, and does not identify with the party, he simply invites himself in during election season. They both received tons of funding from various sources, with small contributions making up a large chunk of their funding. Turns out if you're popular money will flow your way.