{"id":60527,"date":"2025-08-15T10:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=60527"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:23:20","slug":"there-are-many-ways-to-influence-an-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=60527","title":{"rendered":"There Are Many Ways To Influence An Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many ways to influence an election. One way is to limit the amount of money paid to a political party or candidate. Another way is to make sure a political party has plenty of money to spread around. It is not a coincidence that the massive cut to the funding of The United States Agency for International Developmen<\/span>t (USAID) has resulted in a shortage of funds at the Democrat party. The money given to the non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) somehow had a way of winding up in groups that supported causes friendly to Democrats. Supposedly non-political organizations can also play a role in how much money a political party has to spend.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Townhall<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

A political consulting firm, Targeted Victory<\/a>, claims Gmail has been flagging Republican fundraising emails containing WinRed<\/a> links as \u201cdangerous\u201d and sending many straight to spam folders. WinRed, the GOP\u2019s central online fundraising platform, brought in roughly $1.6 billion for the 2023\u20132024 cycle. Its Democratic counterpart, ActBlue<\/a>, appears to face no such labeling, with emails containing its links going through unimpeded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

While Targeted Victory was the first to experience the problem, they said the “issue is occurring across vendors’ campaigns and personal Gmail accounts, eliminating the possibility of it being a Targeted Victory-specific or network issue.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

If accurate, this goes beyond a simple technical hiccup; it affects the flow of political funding and the effectiveness of campaigns. In an environment where small-dollar donations drive those campaigns, filtering one party\u2019s platform while clearing its rival\u2019s creates a built-in advantage with real electoral consequences. Something the GOP cannot afford in the upcoming midterm elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As more Americans become aware of some of the questionable activities of the Democrat party, I suspect the Republicans will be okay in the midterms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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