Candidates that spend the most seem the more successful..

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2. Look at yourself and maybe answer your own question.

From a quick glance at your posts, your interests lie far more with complaining than with examining records to identify good people to vote for. You're hardly alone in this. From trumpsters to berners, a lot of people are angry these days.

Just how well would any message focusing on positive records, on issues to stand for instead of rail against, get through to people who react that way? Money spent by bad people to defeat good candidates by fanning anger and resentment is far more effective. That's why they do it.