How? How? How is it this fucking close America?
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Because Dems try to Price is Right fascists. By constantly reaching for conservative centrists they try to get as close to fashy as possible without going over
But with the things Trump has been saying, how can anyone with a shred of sanity even consider voting for him?
They don't follow politics, so they pretend both sides are the same, therefore everything is OK and they have no agency or responsibility.
Same morons who were shocked when he did the things he did during his first term, and will be shocked when he does them again like Susan Collins.
The polls are always underestimating GOP support whenever Trump is specifically on the ballot. Midterm polling is more accurate.
A 0~+1 Harris lead is almost certainly a +4 Trump lead...
Soooooooo "glad" to see we are going in the Reich direction here...
/Wrist
That was before the Dobbs decision.
The 2022 midterms shed some light on what's going on here. The Republicans flooded the polling with rightwing bullshit polls. That, in turn, led them to believe they were going to win the house by 30-40 seats and take the senate as well.
Vote.
What is the point of giving inaccurate polling intentionally though? Wouldn't you want proper polling so you know where focus is needed?
It drives down voter turnout because when you see a massive landslide on the horizon, why bother to vote?
Also, when they lose, they will use it to scream voter fraud.