Quoted from fosaisu:Thanks for pulling those - so it seems like the “Disney corrupts the judges” theory can be left to the side, and we’re back to either “the judges are biased liberals” or “many of the fan voters didn’t see the film but are attempting to manipulate the outcome for political reasons.” Or of course some combination of the two. I can’t think of a clever way to distinguish though.
I just checked a few pages of reviews at Rotten Tomatoes and all the people giving it negative reviews do seem to have watched the movie. Apparently they deleted 53,000 "1 star" reviews a couple days ago that were obviously politically motivated.... so even with 53,000 reviews deleted, the almost 10,000 they have right now are at about the same rating (it was down to 33, now it's at 36) and the reviews I read were mentioning scenes and plot twists from the movie.
So I think ultimately it's just coming down to a lot of people don't like the movie even if they're not aware of the political issues.