This is a problem even with a large turn out because swing voters are a thing and generally the target of manipulation. You may only need to target like a 1000

This is a problem even with a large turn out because swing voters are a thing and generally the target of manipulation. You may only need to target like a 1000 key swing voters to get your nose ahead of the other contestants. In fact, I would argue that making it easy to bribe would level out the playing field for contestants, otherwise the one with deepest pockets will tend to have the advantage.