I also suspect this poll is being used to demoralize Republicans. The DemonRATs know they are going down. They will pull out all stops as November gets closer. How the Republicans respond is in the nebulous science of politics. I hope they get their formula correct.
I hope so, too. It’s sad that I don’t have much faith that they will get it correct. Republicans simply don’t know how to be winners, worrying too much about appeasing the opposition and too little about their constituents’ reasons for giving them their positions.