join you on this one if it's that important to you...as the linked article shows, the tactic worked, but in terms of "Democracy", that value was not sacrificed as in the end it all comes down to letting the voter decide which candidate resonates with their views/policies...or not. The Dems did not tell any lies or misinform the voters as to what those candidates believed in...btw, the GOP and all their candidates were free to raise as much as they wanted and give it to who they wanted.
I look at this as the Democrats giving opponents 'enough rope to hang themselves'...clearly, the Dems had a better sense of what the electorate wanted.
Now on a broader scale, if you'd like to see "Citizens United" overturned and make other dramatic reductions in campaign financing...I'll link arms with you.
Link: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1135878576/the-democrats-strategy-of-boosting-far-right-candidates-seems-to-have-worked