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....In any event, Norris raised an interesting point about Trump's claims that the election is rigged: It could easily backfire. "Fueling cynicism about the fairness of the electoral process serves to depress voter participation," she notes. As evidence Norris cites the results from the 2012 American National Election Study (ANES), which found that 77 percent of people who believe that votes are "very often" counted fairly reported that they voted. By contrast, just 64 percent of those think the process is rigged bothered to cast a ballot. If you think your vote won't count, you're more likely to stay home......http://reason.com/archives/2016/10/21/trumps-rigged-election-talk-may-backfire
Trump doesn't think anything through. He sees this "rigged" line as covering his ass when he loses.He only thinks of himself.
Oh, I think he is thinking it through. Making followers appear they are part of a mutual conspiracy against them builds loyalty. Like people who go through a tragedy together. He is creating a victim class he can lead through whatever he has planned. It is how BLM leaders exploit people through making them all feel they are victims of a conspiracy against them.
