Two Months Of Mass Delusion

The Two Months Of Mass Delusion were a time period in November and December 2020 (and even stretching into January 2021 and beyond for some users) in which many Predict It bettors were convinced that Donald Trump was going to somehow win or overturn the 2020 election of Joe Biden. Since this belief was not backed by any reasonable evidence, it has been cited as an example of mental illness or even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_hysteria_cases#:~:text=In%20sociology%20and%20psychology%2C%20mass,result%20of%20rumors%20and%20fear. mass hysteria].

Court Cases
Much of the delusion was caused by and centered around the large number of frivolous lawsuits brought by the Trump Campaign against several of the important swing states. As the court cases overwhelmingly lacked both merit and standing, they were in fact more of a PR strategy than a legal one, with the express purpose of aiding and fueling the delusion of Trump supporters (and convincing them to donate money to the campaign).

Predict It users cited these court cases ad nauseam in the comments, without understanding that they were frivolous, instead choosing to believe what pundits on sites like Twitter and Gateway Pundit were telling them about their veracity.

Ultimately, as cases were dismissed or thrown out, Trump supporters' hopes were dashed to smaller and smaller possible paths forward, eventually causing them to have to put all of their faith into the Supreme Court and the "Texas Lawsuit". Comments about the "6-3" court, featuring ACB and Clarence Thomas were prolific.

When the Supreme Court decided not to hear or grant relief in the Texas lawsuit, Trump supporters finally realized that the courts were not going to overturn the election for them, and they immediately turned to comments about war and insurrection. When an actual attempted insurrection happened on Janurary 6th to disastrous results, Trump supporters mostly disappeared or tried to deny they were involved or wanted the things that they had been advocating.