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MLAA

(19,640 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 09:42 PM Oct 2024

I'm thinking the flood of right wing polls coming out of the woodwork are primarily to increase the value of DJT stock

so that TSF and his cronies can dump their stock at a better price. Any thoughts?

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TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
2. I don't think that's the primary reason. It's more of a side effect.
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 10:00 PM
Oct 2024

I think the primary reason is the same as when they did something similar in 2022. Try to control the narrative. Motivate the base by claiming that Trump (the GOP, in general, in 2022) has momentum. Set up claims of fraud if the results don't meet the skewed projections and expectations.

dgauss

(1,479 posts)
4. I would think setting up claims of fraud
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 10:12 PM
Oct 2024

would be the biggest motivation for generating skewed polls. There may be some benefit of motivating the base. But if they lose, and then start whatever efforts they have planned to change the outcome, being able to point to polls favorable to Trump could go a long way to convince their base that whatever they do is justified. "The election was obviously rigged, just look at the polls!"

Drum

(10,523 posts)
11. Also, their investors/gamblers then have skin in the game, and will fight harder for him
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 11:49 PM
Oct 2024

MLAA

(19,640 posts)
7. Yep, they are certainly laying the groundwork. I think we are going to do very well any stymie their efforts to
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 10:18 PM
Oct 2024

overturn.

Fiendish Thingy

(21,751 posts)
9. No, they are primarily to manipulate polling averages and drive media narratives
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 11:31 PM
Oct 2024

The stock price boost is a side benefit.

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