I am in “ignore the polls” mode. It’s mostly propaganda at this point in time. Just work hard and get people you know to vote.
You're mostly right. But, IMHO, the measurable level of depression here on good old FR is about 99% due to the Rasmussen polls. The other 1% perhaps to Gallup. The rest have been and continue to be properly discounted.
And some are discounting even the Rasmussen poll since we can't seem to get a handle on the R/D/I split. A few weeks back we heard that it was R+1.
Has Rasmussen changed his mind about his Turnout Model? Who knows. The Shadow perhaps, but not me.