Could this be abused by people who donate to charity anyway? Suppose I’m a Democrat and was planning on donating $100 to charity and $100 to the Democrats. I first put $100 on the platform.
1. If the Republicans end up donating more, my platform donation counterfactually goes to charity and the Republicans get $100 less for their campaign. And now I can donate $100 directly to the Democrats. So, instead of $100 to charity + $100 to Democrats as originally planned, I can now do $200 to charity ($100 from me, $100 from Republicans), $100 to Democrats and -$100 to Republicans.
2. If the Democrats donate more, my platform donation counterfactually goes to the Democrats. And I can donate again to charity. (There’s no gain here.)
Could this be abused by people who donate to charity anyway? Suppose I’m a Democrat and was planning on donating $100 to charity and $100 to the Democrats. I first put $100 on the platform.
1. If the Republicans end up donating more, my platform donation counterfactually goes to charity and the Republicans get $100 less for their campaign. And now I can donate $100 directly to the Democrats. So, instead of $100 to charity + $100 to Democrats as originally planned, I can now do $200 to charity ($100 from me, $100 from Republicans), $100 to Democrats and -$100 to Republicans.
2. If the Democrats donate more, my platform donation counterfactually goes to the Democrats. And I can donate again to charity. (There’s no gain here.)