“I will never understand why people make posts like yours.”
Try harder.
People have too much emotion wrapped in polls and far too many, if they see their candidate in the lead, will happily see that “everything is under control”, and wont see the immediate need to donate, participate, volunteer, and just stay active.
Just kick back, watch the magic happen and the votes roll in.....in an election that is still months away.
Since you didn't address the substance of my post, I guess you didn't actually read it.
My point is that political science research shows that when your candidate gets strongly positive polls it INCREASES your side's turnout. It does NOT make your side's voters complacent.
But there are exceptions. You may be one and are projecting your mindset onto the majority, which would be faulty inductive reasoning. But I appreciate that you want to win.
Also keep in mind that people who post on highly political sites like FreeRepublic are extraordinarily high propensity voters, who vote no matter what the polls are -- whether great, good, meh, bad, or horrible.
If you want to affect actual turnout, telling other Freepers to vote is preaching to the choir. There's a world of low-propensity voters out in the real world waiting for your obvious enthusiasm.