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In reply to the discussion: Oh, that Russia rigged the election thing? It's EVEN WORSE than you thought [View all]crimycarny
(1,351 posts)And I've felt that way from the beginning. I am NOT a conspiracy junkie but it makes a lot more sense that votes were switched than that they weren't. The polls were SO off in key states, including exit polls. How can an exit poll show Hillary ahead by 5+ percentage points only to have Trump end up winning? And always by a margin that is just below the threshold that would trigger a recount.
And you're telling me that Russia was able to successfully hack into voting machines but held off of modifying or deleting votes? No way. I think they did and the powers that be feel it's a "national security issue" to keep that a secret. Imagine the panic, anger, etc., if we knew for a fact Russia changed the election results?
From a Business Insider report on "Why were the polls so wrong in 2016":
"Murray's final Pennsylvania poll showed Clinton with a 4-point lead with a 4.9-point margin of error, which still was not big enough to capture the margin 1.2 points by which Trump would win the state.
His theory for what happened at the time: "Non-response among a major core of Trump voters." (my emphasis)