Why Is This Election Even Close? | Common Dreams
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Win or lose in November, more than 70 million Americans will likely cast their ballots for Trump. Most of them know who Trump is. They hear his vile words and heinous promises—and they like what they hear. They are the reason the election will be close.
  • ohellidk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    23 days ago

    if I didn’t know any better, I’d assume the polls are being manipulated to keep participation high on both ends.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      23 days ago

      Part of me sure wants to say, “is it?” The media wants a horse race. Any foregone conclusion wouldn’t get people on the edge of their seats on election day.

    • DontTakeMySky@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      23 days ago

      There’s definitely incentive for that from both candidates. If they talk about how ahead they are in the pills, people will neglect to vote. If they talk about how they’re behind, then it’s a foregone conclusion and people won’t bother to vote.

      If they preach about how close the polls are then it gets people worried enough to actually turn out and vote.

      At this point I only seem to hear about polls directly from candidates or PACs so it’s hard to know what the biases are.