I'm not dismissing your point about a certain percentage of the population being brainwashed. I just think it's not 50% or more of the population.
Add to that, the polls do show Trump ahead. And if an election can be hacked, then certainly Corporate Media paid for polls can be hacked.
Beyond all that, my anecdotal observations over the last year in what was supposedely a 50/50 Trump/Biden sprawling diverse suburb says that the population is not moving left.
First, the national polls showing half the country supporting a far-left politician like Biden, who espouses every single left-wing, radical and extremist policy. That is incomprehensible.
Second, our most conservative institution in the country, the military, has gone hard core woke with DEI,
Third, our corporate elite used to solidly conservative. They have now totally capitulated to the far left with their emphasis on DEI and ESG.
Fourth, the mid-term elections were a disaster. Most people were predicting a gain of 40 seats in the House, some predicting even more. It turned out to be one of the best mid-term performances ever for the democrats, that is incredible. Even Clinton and Obama lost dozens and dozens of seats in their mid-terms.
These are just a few examples of how far to the left our country has moved, It is just not the same country that it was not that long ago. Sad.
I forgot to add the acceptance in our schools of the transgendered movement and CRT.