Nowhere does it even suggest it. It asks if it could close the gap and expresses hope that it was impossible - which is not the same at all as claiming it could. Presenting this: "If this had worked could it have closed the gap? I sure hope not for my sanity's sake." as suggestion that it is a key reason for the defeat just does not hold water.

And get out to vote effort is much bigger than any application, which is only a small part of the picture. So the other claims are equally shaky.