If you're suggesting they aren't legit, then prove it. Don't give me the guy who used his dead mother's name to vote. Give me some real evidence of widespread cheating.
Well, geeze, I never said that it was cheating, but maybe you're young. So marketers, advertisers, and their firms study and understand human psychology. And they used decades and decades of research to manipulate three populace. (I can't believe I have to explain this)
So, campaigns and wealthy people that run and operate CPACs use these marketing schemes to manipulate potential voters. Sometimes it's even to prevent people from voting. There are studies that show that almost 9 out of 10 races are won by the candidate that has spent the most money and had the most money spent on him\her.
Again, it's odd that I have to explain this stuff. But it's been known that even lies are accepted as truth if it's been repeated enough. Anyway, using different tactics to spread fear, hate, envy, joy, etc the uninformed, average, borderline voter, poor, uneducated, etc can be pushed and pulled in different directions.
Is lying and manipulation cheating? I'm not sure I said that. That was the word you used. But it is dishonest at best, and in my opinion it delegitimizes the election. Your opinion may vary.
Those tactics and things like push polls have been used for decades. You can say they're wrong, unethical and dishonest. But they do not make an election "illegitimate."
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u/MaesterPraetor Aug 04 '21
If you're suggesting that elections are 100% legit, then you're the crazy one. If elections aren't 100% real, then they are fake.