yet even a slight shift in perception could be enough to fuel claims of a stolen election if mr. trump loses  claims the former president and his supporters have already been teeing up. we need to make it too big to rig, mr. trump posted on social media on tuesday, an exhortation that some say underscores the real strategy: to make a loss seem mathematically impossible. the main reason you float data like that is because youre trying to convince your supporters theres no way trump can lose  unless its stolen, said mike madrid, a longtime republican strategist who is critical of the former president. the goal is to set the predicate for the races aftermath so you can challenge the result. that opinion is shared by a growing faction on both sides of the aisle, who are dismayed to see polls weaponized in a way that could undermine faith in the entire system. thats my main concern, said adam carlson, a data analyst and former democratic pollster who has been tracking the partisan polls. people will believe what they want to believe on both sides, but only on one side does that have the chance to lead to pervasive election denial.
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