“What makes me sad about this paper is that, as is too often the case, some members of the climate community would rather pick arguments with each other than constructively work together in a common quest for the public good, against a well-organized opposition,” Lenton said.

For more than three decades, Mark Ridley-Thomas never lost an election, tapping a well-organized network of supporters to secure victory after victory.

To be clear, amid the partisan dysfunction of Washington, the result might not have been any different even with a well-organized, well-funded national effort.

Three months later, while reflecting on his life and trying to chart a course forward, he resolved to create a well-organized sports league that could help people forge connections outside the office, to “create community and help people heal,” said ZogSports’ chief of staff, Jody Zellman.

A “well-organized juggernaut” has been laying the groundwork to dispute this year’s results in the years since the chaos and violence of the 2020 presidential election.