To me it is pretty obvious, republicans are pushing that trump has got

[JohnSJ]

the election sewn up, expressing confidence, over-confidence, through election betting markets, Wall Street cronies on financial networks pushing that theme, with the sole purpose of trying to demoralize supporters of VP Harris-Walz, hoping it will suppress turnout.

That isn’t going to happen. In fact by all accounts just the opposite is happening.

[FSogol]

1. GOTV, DU

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Already have

Dropped off my ballot last week.

[FSogol]

20. Same here. Whole family dropped ballots off on Oct 17 when early voting started at my neighborhood library.

GOTV also refers to encouraging like-minded individuals, to go vote too. I always pester friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family members to go vote. Too many people take voting for granted.

[Mme. Defarge]

2. God willing

and the creek don’t rise. . .

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Sorry, I'm that guy.

"sewn"
All the rest I agree with.

[JohnSJ]

7. Thanks. I'm an idiot.

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. Nah, you're voting blue.

[JohnSJ]

31. Absolutely

[Tribetime]

4. He got slaughtered in the Debate and has continued to shoot himself in the foot ever since

Nothing justifies the change in polling. BLUE WAVE

[LymphocyteLover]

30. and the polling should never even have this close post-Roe, post-Jan 6th, etc

something is FUBAR

[TwilightZone]

5. Just the opposite. Trump's worldview is winner vs. loser.

His supporters share that view, so he's trying to motivate them into believing they're voting for a sure winner. If they think he's going to lose, they might be less likely to show up.

I think that's the intent for this particular strategy. They have lots of other stuff intended to suppress turnout.

[JohnSJ]

8. I am basing that on the blather from so-called financial analysts pushing

that theme on financial networks.

[TwilightZone]

10. Some of them are in the tank for Trump.

Larry Kudlow, for example. He'd push that narrative for the same reasons as Trump.

Ditto anyone else who would benefit financially from Trump in the WH.

[JohnSJ]

12. Without a doubt.

[badgolfer]

11. Financial networks

CNBC has got to be the worse.

They now have Steve Lisman out pushing junk poll numbers.

[jcgoldie]

6. Its also designed to claim victory even when they lose

They've been grooming half the country to believe they can't lose so they can sell the stop the steal grift again after the election.

[JohnSJ]

9. True.

[RustyWheels]

13. THIS !!!

They need their minions to believe there is NO WAY he could have lost without the Democrats CHEATING !!

[Dem4life1234]

14. That is exactly right!

These people are pure evil.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. They hate American democracy

[Wounded Bear]

18. Yep! All part of the master plan...

[patphil]

21. I agree.

[samnsara]

15. Mitt romney thought he had it all sewn up as well

and was SHOCKED when he lost

[JHB]

22. I don't think that's the sole purpose

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another one, maybe THE other one is to just keep feeding the beast (i.e., the Republican base, a.k.a. MAGA) so that it doesn't turn it's always-boiling rage on THEM. All it takes is one word to make you THE ENEMY, a TRAITOR, so they don't use any of those words.

[kentuck]

23. Just like they were pushing the story that black men were voting for Trump.

A poll yesterday showed that Kamala's support with black men had gone up over what Joe Biden received. She is doing very well with black men, according to yesterday's poll.

[Warpy]

24. "WAAAH! I wuz ROBBED!"

TFG is a one trick blubberer and so are they. It remains to be seen whether it plays any better this time than it did in 2020.

I don't think it will. For one thing, we're not traumatized by some plague.

And if Johnson tries to use Congress to override a 270+ vote EC victory, Biden is the one with the extraordinary presidential power now, courtesy a corrupt USSC, and he'd be well within his scope of power to arrest Johnson and his helpers for treason, levying war against the US government and its peaceful transition of power. Would he do that? He'd bloody well better, or it's all over for us.

[czarjak]

25. Blue Wave?

The Stupid Party. Bobby Jindal was correct. See, A Republican can be right.

[Ocelot II]

26. It's a setup for claiming the election was stolen when Kamala wins.

[agingdem]

27. Trump declared himself the winner in the early evening

of the 2020 election before the mail-in ballots were counted...he then demanded the count cease, counting on his hand picked Supreme Court lapdogs to do him a solid with Gore v Bush as precedent ..

[surfered]

28. I agree that the strategy is two fold: turn out, no one wants to vote if it's pointless and

Laying the groundwork for the voter fraud claim if he loses. He’ll get donations to challenge the election over voter fraud, but peel off money for his other legal problems

[LymphocyteLover]

29. Yes, it's a total psychological op

[JohnSJ]

32. I think so too.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

33. When it all shakes out, they're going to be disappointed...

with their own voters. I'm predicting approx. 20% of GOP voters going Harris, I think another 10-15% will not vote for president. There still could be an issue with congress so GOTV is still critical but I'm more than confident with the presidential race.

[JohnSJ]

34. I certainly hope so

[Flatrat]

35. Hope he likes prison hamberders

[RidinWithHarris]

36. To boost their turnout and donations, not suppress ours (silly idea), and of course to prepare...

...for "The election was stolen!" claims to come.

[MadameButterfly]

37. I think it's about giving Republicans the expectation of Trump winning so they'll believe the next Big Lie

and be willing to do anything to overturn the election. To support the House and States not certifying the election. Maybe to even make themselves credible with SCOTUS.

The propaganda during WWI convinced the Germans they were winning the war. Of course this wasn't true and they had no choice but surrender. But the people blamed the politicians who negotiated the surrender for giving away a German victory. This helped lead to Hitler taking over.

Trump will have his people so convinced they are winning they won't accept another result.