There is no nth degree chess with glass boards going on here. This election was lost when the Republicans did not push back on poorly supervised mail in balloting and vote harvesting. That they did not push back was a result of their general antipathy towards Trump.
"This election was lost when the Republicans did not push back on poorly supervised mail in balloting and vote harvesting."
This all day long ^^^^^. The contagion allowed the Democrats to change the election paradigm. Not only did the RNC and Trump campaign lay down, they failed to take advantage of the changes. We fooled our selves with the rallies and caravans full of adulation for the President. The election was lost in September and October.
There is no nth degree chess with glass boards going on here. This election was lost when the Republicans did not push back on poorly supervised mail in balloting and vote harvesting. That they did not push back was a result of their general antipathy towards Trump.