Influencing an election can take the form of sowing confusion and apathy, instead of driving people to a specific candidate. This leads to people not voting or

Influencing an election can take the form of sowing confusion and apathy, instead of driving people to a specific candidate. This leads to people not voting or otherwise participating, which cedes the political landscape to the extremes, who then go on to destabilize the country. It can be done without broaching election-specific topics.