So which "election steal" conspiracy theory do you ascribe to, and why do you believe that a candidate who lost the popular vote twice (by more than double the amount the second time) never reached close to 50% in popularity and for many people was viewed as the worst POTUS in history, could somehow only lose if the other side cheated?
The fact is that in states like GA and PA, for example, key states where Trump won in 2016 and lost in 2020 a key reason he lost was that he got fewer votes in some key "RED" counties than he got in 2016. So how do you theorize the "evil Dems" being able to depress the "pro-Trump vote" in parts of Northern GA or suburban Philly and Pittsburgh?
I spent the entire primary season pointing out the huge shifts in Dem participation in states like MI, WI, PA, and GA. It was obvious that Dem voters were far more engaged in 2020 than they had been in 2016, and there was a huge wave of anti-Trump sentiment out there. A huge example was the Wisc Supreme Court race where the incumbent was sailing along until Trump came out and endorsed him. Trump became the issue and suddenly a flood of Dem votes swamped him and he lost by double digits. From the April 17, 2020 edition NYT...
"Democrats scored a significant victory in
Wisconsin on Monday night when a liberal challenger upset a Trump-backed incumbent to win a State
Supreme Court seat,
a down-ballot race that illustrated strong turnout and vote-by-mail efforts in a presidential battleground state.
The victory, by upward of 120,000 votes as of Monday night, came as a shock to Republicans and Democrats alike in Wisconsin, where the most recent contests for president, governor and the state’s high court have each been decided by about 30,000 votes or less. It followed weeks of Democratic anger over Republicans’ insistence on holding elections amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Wisconsin’s map on Monday night looked like a dream general election result for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic nominee — stronger than typical for Democrats in the suburbs and a respectable showing among the state’s blue-collar white voters in rural counties. But officials from both parties cautioned against overinterpreting the Supreme Court results, given the bizarre circumstances surrounding the high court race."
A liberal challenger’s surprise triumph over a Trump-backed incumbent demonstrated strong turnout and vote-by-mail efforts for the Democrats in a key general election state.
www.nytimes.com
Nobody had to "cheat" to ass whip Trump. The signs were rampant in both MI and WI that he was in DEEP trouble, ever since the 2018 midterms when Dems won every statewide race in all 3 states.
In WI that meant 2 term pro-Trumper Walker who had survived at least 1 recall attempt previously, lost in a wave of anti-Trump sentiment. In 2016 Trump won WI by less than 30,000 votes to become the first GOP Candidate since Reagan to win the state. Just two years later, a pro-Trump incumbent Gov lost by that same 30,000 to the State Schools Superintendent.
And then in an election year, Trump's "favorite judge" lost in the Spring by over 120,000 votes,with the GOP losing in the suburbs and among white working class voters Trump had won in 2016. Anybody that wasn't glued to the Fox Morning stooges and their trips to Trump-friendly breakfast spots knew that Trump was in deep doo doo in WI, as well as Michigan and PA...