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Pep rallies have value.What people forget is the candidates ain't campaigning for voters who hoot and holler at their rallies, they are campaigning for those voters who at this point have no idea who to vote for.
It's the independents that in theory elect canidates
They have to appeal to them, and if they get those voters to listen without making jackasses out of themselves, they have a chance to win
It's true that all the people going to the rallies were going to vote for Trump regardless.
But, what *else* they do is also valuable. All those millions of rallygoers can persuade the independents around them.
So, you're not trying to convince Joe plumber in the MAGA hat to vote for you. You're getting him to convince his apprentice, and his buddies at the bar, and you're arming him with talking points to use to convince them.