The bogus poll — which the company claimed was a social media experiment — also showed Bass picking up support from most voters who supported Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary.
By showing the leftist as being in the lead, they might have convinced leftist voters that their votes weren’t needed to secure the election of their preferred candidate.
The left are generally willing to do stuff with less assurance of success. The right tend to not have imagination and don’t like taking the chance of association with a loser. Liberals in particular among right wing ideologies are totally demoralized by not having already won.
By showing the leftist as being in the lead, they might have convinced leftist voters that their votes weren’t needed to secure the election of their preferred candidate.
Cuts both ways though. It could have also discouraged voters further to the right from voting because it was a lost cause.
And also the inverse, that centrist people afraid of a progressive winning would feel more pressured to come out and vote.
The left are generally willing to do stuff with less assurance of success. The right tend to not have imagination and don’t like taking the chance of association with a loser. Liberals in particular among right wing ideologies are totally demoralized by not having already won.