@lakewhut
As usual you cannot refute facts and make a nonsensical reply.
Donating money to a candidate is NOT a form of rigging.
If it were, no donations to candidates would be legal.
Too bad if one candidate attracts more than another, that reflects in the candidate’s appeal or organization not rigging.
Here in CT we have a People’s Election Program. A candidate can raise a stated amount in small contributions from a required minimum number if donors in the district and qualify for public funding of the campaign. A candidate for state rep need only raise about 7k to qualify. On most districts both candidates qualify and have the exact same amount of money for the campaign.
Even statewide candidates can qualify for funding. The multimillionaires who ran for governor chose not to participate so they could spend as much as they want. A participant running for state senate gets about $100k for the campaign which is plenty.