> I'd wager the other political subreddits do this, too. As a T_D poster, I hope OP could do this same kind of investigation toward T_D and reveal the evidence if bots also truly run rampant in that sub. This way we can come to a fair and fact based conclusion rather than just brush things off as "well the other political subs do this too" I just want some damn integrity and if reddit admins won't do it then its up to the users.

Correlation doesn't equal causation. Although 200k donations is an impressive number for a run off, there are too many variables to instantly equate this to a "democratic wave in 2018" just being intellectually honest.