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In reply to the discussion: Eleanor Clift: Will Obama Ever 'Fess Up to His Merrick Garland Mess? [View all]zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)There are many reasons to believe that the Russians wouldn't bother. Mostly it comes down to that they could actually DO very little. It would have been hard to actually switch votes on any large scale. At most they could have tried to delete the registrations of people likely to vote for Hillary, but that could be harder to predict than one might imagine. You'd have to sort out who was going to vote how and only restrict those who would both show up, and vote for her. (oh, and don't leave much of a trail). Both parties would love to know how to identify people like that for their GOTV efforts.
Remember, near as anyone can tell, they cared very little about who actually won. They wanted to disrupt the system and put Hillary under a cloud to render her uneffective. Actually preventing her from getting elected was secondary at best.