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158. But what orgs are you talking about that "fund" candidates?

I'm once again confused by your post...

To clarify (and don't get mad): You stated that orgs funded a winning candidate can claim that they "choose winners." I'm not talking about that.

I'm talking about orgs/individuals that endorse a candidate that wins, and claims that it validates their own ideas. That may be true if they were endorsing that candidate from early on... That's the idea behind EMILYs list, is that if a candidate gets early money, that is often a tipping point for others to donate.

But what about an organization or individual that jumps in to support a candidate at the end of the campaign, after many other orgs and indivduals have endorsed, and after the polls showed the candidate was leading, claiming that it was that it was "their candidate" and won because of their endorsement?

It could be the org/or individual is seeking credit as "the reason" for the candidate win, by means of associating themselves with a candidate who was already out front. If candidates that latecomer org/individual endorsed from the start weren't winning very often, that would certainly be one way to bolster the case for their influence, only backing those very likely to win.

Much like a sub quarterback going in to a playoff game to replace the injured quarterback with 10 seconds on the clock, 7 points up, and takes credit as the player who "led the team to win the championship."