The media persistently saying there's a Red or Blue Wave coming probably depresses turnout

[Hugh_Lebowski]

Voters (well, people) are lazy. They're looking for excuses not to bother doing their civic duty.

Media pumps out messages of 'so and so has it in the bag', it can suppress turnout on either side, but I think often it mostly hurts the candidates who people are holding their nose and voting for. Those are the most easily peeled-off voters when you widely say 'this candidate is winning'.

There were a LOT of those candidates in the GOP. I think all the talk of a Red Wave in the leading weeks ... helped us overall.