Politico interviews Manski on "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cash crunch"

“I’ll explain it this way: I have certainly never heard of a Green Party presidential campaign slowing down in terms of fundraising at this point, or at any point. They tend to start small and build up,” said Ben Manski, the presidential campaign manager for the Green Party’s Jill Stein in 2012.

“In traditional two-party campaigns, there’s this expression that yard signs don’t vote, and that’s definitely true,” said Manski, who is also a political sociologist at George Mason University. “However, for an independent party and independent candidates, that kind of street level visibility can be important.”

“In order for the dynamics of this election to really change — so that people look around and they say, ‘Hey, this candidate really has a chance,’” he added. “He needs to be in a better position than he is right now.”