Happens to me a Lot Dino...but the funny thing is that it usually turns out to be a successful post.

Sometimes I change the heading a bit and the mark downers go away, hopefully not mad, just slink away back into the shadows.

We, that get marked down...have more positive support than you might think old friend.

My guess would be election overload/burnout.

I know that's why I don't come here much anymore.

I only downvote when I disagree with a poster who negatively responds to a negative comment by the original poster on a positive response to another poster that I don’t happen to agree with. And then only on Tuesdays.

What specifically got down-voted? Was it wanton like a kid tagging a train car, or were all comments of a specific thread subtracted out? This has happened to me too.

Have seen it happen too on posts that you wouldn't think controversial or in poor taste. Probably just trolls...

Keep posting!

This is a common occurrence. We get trolls passing through, slashing the trees for spite. The only alternative I know of is to get rid of down-voting.

I'll take my chances with the troll downvotes or even for disagreement by someone with particularly strong views. I occasionally comment as a stealthy devil's advocate and I hope for strong responses and discussion.
In 2 weeks the election cycle will be done and the downvotes will likely decline precipitously, imo.

As discussed at length before there is no cost to upvotes so they have little value. They are like federal reserve notes which are constantly inflated. Change the system to have all upvotes backed by reducing the upvoter's total points for every upvote. If I like what you have said, I should be willing to award you one of the points awarded to me.
Make awards mean something again.