This sort of thinking is also founded on the fundamentally undemocratic idea that campaign money converts directly into votes because voters can't think for themselves.
VenomousGoatTVI have a great deal of contempt for AIPAC but they do not have the power to "steal" an election. Stuffing ballot boxes, changing vote totals, that's election stealing. Convincing people to vote for a candidate via ads and outreach is just an election. The distinction matters