Moreover, I think Trump's victory was just too vast. They need to have at least the air of legitimacy around them as they do their things, and they may have tried to pull it off if it was another case of an EC win but PV loss. But with Trump not only winning the EC, not only running the table and winning every single swing state, but also running up the numbers in Blue states and winning a healthy advantage on the PV, they cant pull it off. It would be a bridge too far. Their credibility is already shot as it is. The only thing they can do is pull back and try to find a new angle to come at things from, and that means Trump gets in and Kamala is politically toast.
You have to cheat ahead of time, for the most part. I suppose there is the finding ballots for days thing. But I think mostly it is planned out well in advance. Example: Sending out ballot harvesters with blank ballots and having them come back.
Moreover, I think Trump's victory was just too vast. They need to have at least the air of legitimacy around them as they do their things, and they may have tried to pull it off if it was another case of an EC win but PV loss. But with Trump not only winning the EC, not only running the table and winning every single swing state, but also running up the numbers in Blue states and winning a healthy advantage on the PV, they cant pull it off. It would be a bridge too far. Their credibility is already shot as it is. The only thing they can do is pull back and try to find a new angle to come at things from, and that means Trump gets in and Kamala is politically toast.
I agree on all of that.
You have to cheat ahead of time, for the most part. I suppose there is the finding ballots for days thing. But I think mostly it is planned out well in advance. Example: Sending out ballot harvesters with blank ballots and having them come back.