Like anybody cares.
I guess these bozos all figured that by holding their “defection” close to the vest until the last minute, it would have more impact. It actually will have virtually none at all, since most people either don’t remember them or have never heard of them in the first place. The few people who have were probably voting Dem anyway, like the rest of their country club “Republican” friends.
I guess they wanted their 15 microseconds of fame. Maybe it worked, because I sure wouldn’t have recalled any of these has-beens otherwise.