JGWeissman comments on Politics as Charity - Less Wrong
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The problem is that if the potential participants expect this type of cheating, that their donations will be diverted by someone who would not have donated to their political opponents anyways, they will not want to participate.
Even if that is the case, they're still getting twice* the leverage they'd get elsewhere.
*Minus the small finder's fee.