We've seen this kabuki dance before. In the weeks leading up to an election ,the compliant press spins a tale of Dems having almost insurmountable leads . The message is clear . Repub voters don't even bother wasting your time showing up to vote. The issues that are important are underplayed and replaced by Dem fear mongering on social issues.
It works well in combination with early voting that has now become SOP in the post covid America. (In PA early voting is well underway before the Fetterman -Oz debate ) .
As election time approaches the narrative begins to change . Pollsters don't like looking like complete incompetents .So miraculously the races tighten. Then when the outcomes they predicted don't come to pass they blame it on (get this ) "shy Republican voters " to explain how they could've been so wrong. The story goes that some Republicans don't answer the pollsters truthfully .
Of course Clueless giving fire and brimstone speeches about the evils of half the county ;and unleashing the Federal law enforcement agencies against them ,may justify their silence.
This intimidation tactic won't work . So again the pollsters will be surprised . They think a red wave has been staunched because the Dems are rallying for unlimited abortion on demand.
That is not what is on the minds of voters . The voters are concerned with the economy ;especially inflation (in California it takes $100 to fill your car with gas) .The voters are concerned with crime and the wink and nod endorsement of crime by Dem officials. The voters are concerned about the hordes of invaders crossing the border at the invite of the Dems.
The Dems are in trouble and they know it . They are in so much trouble that even their clever riggings of results will not change the outcome.