If you think about your relationship as a voter to the candidate, these are terrible words to characterize your relationship. These are among the last things that you would want in a friendship.<\/p>\n

So, what can we do about it. A couple of things:<\/p>\n

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1. Public financing of elections. Many pay lip service to this, but few make it a priority. But as voters, we can restrict our support to candidates who truly value it.<\/li>\n
2. Support candidates who exercise self-restraint in raising money. These candidates are more likely to have clean campaigns which are truly informative. Their real constituency is more likely to be the entire voter base rather than the donor class.<\/li>\n
3. Encourage those like Tom Steyer who can afford to get the message out without begging for money to do so. It is like a waft of fresh air to open a political solicitation with no request for money.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   Ultimately, we as voters have the power to reject candidates who are all about money. Disseminating this message can be inexpensive. If each of us tries to lead by example, we\u2019ll be off to an excellent start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

   One of the refreshing things about going to Tom Steyer\u2019s \u201cNeed to Impeach\u201d web site is that there is no \u201cDONATE\u201d button. He wants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2953,3027,661,1683,273,3176,16,573],"tags":[3178,3177,3154],"yoast_head":"\n