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boston bean

(36,223 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 10:20 PM Oct 2017

Hmmmmm.

Why Is Donald Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin?

According to the polls, Donald Trump has been trailing Hillary Clinton badly in Michigan and Wisconsin for months. In Michigan, two surveys taken last week showed Clinton leading by seven percentage points. In a third poll, the margin was six points. It's a similar story in Wisconsin, where the past three polls have shown Clinton ahead by four points, six points, and seven points.

Why, then, with just more than a week left before Election Day, is Trump campaigning in these two states? Surely he would be better off camping out in places where the polls are closer, such as Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio—that's what many Republican strategists believe.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/why-is-donald-trump-in-michigan-and-wisconsin/amp

Ya still think he received no help from russians??

That is a question to those who refuse to acknowledge the impact of this hacking of our election.

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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. You don't need to convince me!
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 10:25 PM
Oct 2017

I was totally on board from November 9th. The only thing I was unaware of was the scope of Russia's help. Now we find out that 30+ states' elections were tampered with. Funny how, after Stein sued for a recount and nothing was found, 99% of Americans suddenly believed there was no tampering. Now it's going to be a major uphill battle to convince everyone that there was, indeed, tampering.

brush

(53,832 posts)
4. Trump was there to make the hacked results look good. Like his late campaigning was the reason...
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 12:12 AM
Oct 2017

he won in those states where he was so behind in.

brush

(53,832 posts)
7. Mueller has probably sniffed this out too. He's also brought in a pardon expert on staff...
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 08:54 AM
Oct 2017

to block that move by trump. I think he's crossing all the "t" and dotting the "i".

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. The belief is that Robert Spencer's huge investment in Cambridge Analytica,
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 12:25 AM
Oct 2017

and perhaps other high-tech operations being operated by interests on the right, provided the analysis that sent Rump to those states.

Mueller is investigating to see if CA and/or others also provided the kind of extremely detailed information on precinct-level voting patterns the Russians would have needed to target specific voters in those states. Or whether the Russians developed their own data.

mcar

(42,371 posts)
8. I was reminded yesterday that HRC was going to WI
Wed Oct 4, 2017, 09:22 AM
Oct 2017

with PBO. They had to change their plans to go to Orlando after that mass murder.

Another anti-Hillary meme exploded.

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