Political Hobbyism Can Affect Politicians

Political hobbyism can affect voters and donors. It also affects the behaviour of politicians. What kind of positions does hobbyism encourage politicians to stake out? And perhaps just as importantly, what kind of tions aes it discourage them from exploring? The main thing it does is it encourages politicians to respond to the short term demands for instant gratification that the hobbyists want. If you know that the way to make a lot of money in small dollar donations is to be very provocative, then that's what you're going to do on the debate stage. So if we the hobbyists, give that incentive to politicians, and that's that's how they're gong to behaveYou mentioned donald