What kind of influence on voters is OK in your books? Political rallies where you lie about what you'll do and about your opponents? Discussions with friends? TV ads?
That is the kind of attitude that drives people apart, creates hostility, and eventually leads to war. In what world is that a good idea?
Can you imagine Americans refusing to buy BMWs because they don't like Angela Merkel?
And this is the fucking US here, it's not a backwater country the size of a town. When the US sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold.
People are right to pressure others as long as it's done on legal terms.