Exactly. We’ve reached the point where we cannot vote our way out of this. Trump is more a protest vote at this point.
A few months ago, I thought that Trump getting elected again would have more of a Regime destabilizing effect. There seemed to be a possibility that they would go even further outside normal legal channels to stop him.
But one thing that has happened in the last few months, is they are signalling that Trump may well win, and get ready.
So they try to rig up NATO so he can’t get out. They transfer US assets to NATO control. They change civil service law to prevent mass firings. They tell Sotomeyer to quit now for a Biden chosen replacement.
It is still worth it for Trump to win, but it is not the basis of a real turnaround. Partially because a lot of the opposition is Repub. So even big majorities won’t necessarily help.