Simon Rosenberg: Why Trump needs to be perceived as leading polls when he isn't - to obscure historic ugliness

[Dennis Donovan]

Simon Rosenberg
So, a short thread about why it is so important to Trump that it be perceived that he is leading in the polls when he isn't.

In sum - it is his campaign's primary strategy to obscure his historic ugliness. 1/

Simon Rosenberg
Trump may be a rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon but he is leading in the polls and is strong.

Trump may be a dangerous extremist, a bigot, misogynist and a racist but he is leading in the polls and is strong. 2/

Simon Rosenberg
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Cannot stress enough that Rs would not be dropping dozens of polls into the battlegrounds to move the polling averages if they thought they were winning.

Harris leads by 4 in PA in new NYT poll. More red wave polls there than any other state.

11:07 AM · Oct 12, 2024

Simon Rosenberg
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Trump may want to end the global economy which has made us prosperous, end the Western alliance which has kept us safe, end American democracy which has kept us free but he is leading in the polls and is strong. 3/

Simon Rosenberg
Trump is leading in the polls and is strong is a way to make all his ugliness disappear. Which is why his campaign is working so hard to create a false impression that he's ahead. To Trump it is arguably the most important "issue" in the election. 4/

Simon Rosenberg
Oct 10
Republicans are going to extraordinary lengths right now - red wave polls, releasing "internals," Polymarket voodoo - to try to make it look like Trump is winning the election when he isn't. Democrats should not be helping them.
11:15 AM · Oct 12, 2024

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[Blue Owl]

1. Sad that the corporate media in general pushes this false narrative

Part of the tRump “normalization” agenda that is so repulsive and disgusting….

[disappearingboy]

2. The reason the legacy media are pushing these polls is simple.

To wit, "if Tr*mp wins, think of the ratings!"

[Zorro]

6. Ratings won't matter if he shuts them down

Mainstream media doesn't seem to understand that a Trump victory will mean their demise.

[tinrobot]

5. If the polls remain the same, it is not "news", so nothing to report.

"News" happens when things change. A set of doctored polls plays into the media's thirst for a 24/7 fire hose of "news".

[uponit7771]

7. THIS !!! The need for "horse race" for money is disgusting

[PortTack]

3. It's all the ugly little man has left. He knows he's finished and no less by a woman...a WOC!

JMO but I think by the time Harris’ inauguration comes round he’ll be really sick. The only thing keeping him going right now is his cult and the narcissistic feed he gets from it.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Polls are the conduit for his propaganda...

aka mis/disinformation.

Fun Facts:

Oct. 8, 2024, 7:04 PM ET (AP)
Misinformation is the inadvertent spread of false information without intent to harm, while disinformation is false information designed to mislead others and is deliberately spread with the intent to confuse fact and fiction.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/misinformation-and-disinformation

Therefore, disinformation can become misinformation. In his case, it's all just propaganda. To remember the difference think:

'D' >
> disinformation>
> deliberate.

❤️pants

[WarGamer]

8. 20 some odd days... and we'll know who's full of shit.

Post election analysis will be invaluable.

[BannonsLiver]

9. Who do you hope will win?