thats how you know its rigged. the preferred candidate always wins by just a point or two. they take a poll and get the real spread say 60/40 (your guy in the lead) then they lie in the news and tell you its 49/48 with your candidate in the lead by a point. that keeps you quiet and you hoping your guy wins. they already know they need to move 11 points from your guy to put their guy over the line by 2 points. dang you lost again but only by 2 points. the other guy squeaked out the win with 49/51. dang we'll get em next time. move 11 points, get a 22 point swing, bury the steal with a flurry of fake ballots. destroy the ballots afterward. buy off a few people, no one ever gets prosecuted. elections have been rigged for decades. if they get the real spread wrong during polling and they get overwhelmed by voters, your guy can make the win, its rare.
-the other guy is always the communist, if you get in a poll, lie and tell em you're for the communist, then vote opposite.