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No one is moved to vote for a candidate just because they think that person is getting treated unfairly by the press.
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If they're aggravated with what they think is a dishonest media, they will doubt Trump is as awful as the media claims. This makes it easier for them to vote for him over Biden.
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They only think that candidate is getting treated unfairly if they already sympathize with him, which means that they are supporters.
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It's not sympathy at all. It's suspicion at being lied to. Again, Trump openly lies. Even the least sophisticated Rust Belt voter understands he's a con man. But that's a devil they know. When the media is busted - over and over, as it has been - hyperbolizing or shading against Trump, the media looks sneaky. Nobody likes a sneak. And these people in the Rust Belt are huge fans of conspiracy theories. They suspect everything because they've been lied to for decades.
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Conservatives may say something like this, because conservatives exist in a state of reaction.
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Stop with this. The horse died months ago. Both sides are in perpetual states of reaction.
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Yeah, see here again you are walking away from the stupid thing you said that I reacted too, talking about the folks you know who are swing voters. Whatever. Knock yourself out with the anthropology and how you know them better. In the end, not a single one of them will vote for Trump because Larry O'Donnell ran a story that wasn't kosher.
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It's not just O'Donnell. It's a litany of accusations that simply aren't panning out. Swing voters who'll vote for Obama one cycle, then Trump the next, are clearly open to suggestion. A constant drumbeat of stories that promise smoking guns and keep coming up short suggests the accusers are trying to create a reality that isn't. It makes the accusers look like bullshitters. And no -- you can't argue the accusations would have stuck but for Trump's obstruction. If you're going to shoot at the bear, you'd better kill him.
