People who are chronically online are easily swayed by the onslaught of negativity from both the Trump campaign and foreign influence (aka bot farms). Even NYC contributes to this by the volume of shared content (not to blame, just stating observed facts wrt this forum).
And so if you already have a disposition to feel dismayed, these channels will only increase the severity of those emotions.
Folks that cannot manage those emotions should avoid these threads and similar online forums until the election has concluded.
Hell, I’ll be screaming into the void with them if Trump wins, but I genuinely don’t believe that to be the case.