Yeah that’s exactly the problem with increased partisan staff as opposed to a balance / scaled approach. It will only emphasise money and populism in what should be (and already isn’t) an official and unbiased process.
It’s super frustrating how much democracy falls into a two-party pit. That said recent UK and Australian elections show how conservative parties who leaned into hard right Trumpism bullshit shed votes to independents and parties who want conservatism with the loonies.
Yeah that’s exactly the problem with increased partisan staff as opposed to a balance / scaled approach. It will only emphasise money and populism in what should be (and already isn’t) an official and unbiased process.
It’s super frustrating how much democracy falls into a two-party pit. That said recent UK and Australian elections show how conservative parties who leaned into hard right Trumpism bullshit shed votes to independents and parties who want conservatism with the loonies.