Part of the reason to drum it up is because it gives permission to the base to do it themselves. ‘We have to commit fraud because the democrats are committing fraud!’

Or to be conspiratorial ‘We visited all these homes and they all said they would vote for Trump. Since the vote doesn’t match our canvassing, voter fraud. ‘

I went to a Bernie rally. Only time I’ve wanted to go to a rally before or since.

I receive spam texts from bullshit emails all the time.

Y’all might be interested in the book series by Charles Stross starting with The Atrocity Archives.