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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Youre not just imagining it: the Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump vote totals do look rigged [View all]Bonn1997
(1,675 posts)23. Some of those claims are questionable.
I'm not challenging the conclusion. I have no idea if the results were legitimate or not, and I am concerned about the issue.
But there was an RCP article showing that the pre-election polls were actually closer this year than in 2012 and a 538 article that turnout was barely down.
I can't seem to find the RCP article now but here's the 538 one.
[link:http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-voter-turnout-wasnt-way-down-from-2012/|
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Youre not just imagining it: the Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump vote totals do look rigged [View all]
FrenchieCat
Nov 2016
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Senate race states have a higher red shift. Battleground states have a higher red shift too.
Coyotl
Nov 2016
#39
He talks about the African American vote as if it's the same. It isn't. It's the first vote
KittyWampus
Nov 2016
#41
I do feel like a lot of people lied and were ashamed to tell people they supported Trump
Fast Walker 52
Nov 2016
#24
I don't ordinarily get into conspiracy theories, but, in light of the hacking that we know occurred
Arkansas Granny
Nov 2016
#8
Not sure about this if you look at the results. Hillary won the two biggest counties by about the...
Bonn1997
Nov 2016
#15
Old: Clumsy Rove-era election fraud New:Sophisticated and subtle Russian hacking
Snarkoleptic
Nov 2016
#22
I remember that info about the SMARTech - GovTech operation, and Connell's 'accident'.
Mc Mike
Nov 2016
#42
Conspiracy theory is a dismissive term, and unworthy of the gravity of the situation.
bigmonkey
Nov 2016
#31
No, math is more factual than our opinions... compounded voter suppression sense 2006
uponit7771
Nov 2016
#34