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reformist2

(9,841 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 08:47 PM May 2016

Election results look less and less real to me, and more like a fictional video game.


Obviously there's some basis in reality to these numbers coming in, but I can't help but think there's a lot of fudging going on in real time. As I've said before, I've lost faith in the official election results being accurate enough to be consistent with the real winner.

We need more transparency in order to believe these numbers. Or at least I do. I want to know who counts the votes, how they are counted, and whether there is any oversight, or checking, before the numbers are reported. In real time.
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Election results look less and less real to me, and more like a fictional video game. (Original Post) reformist2 May 2016 OP
One of the counties (a big one) was holding at 8% for too long..even what's his name bkkyosemite May 2016 #1
There were problems with some of the machines annavictorious May 2016 #5
Fayette A Little Weird May 2016 #7
Jefferson is still not all the way in mooseprime May 2016 #11
Especially when Bernie loses nt firebrand80 May 2016 #2
ONLY when bernie loses lol. maybe all his wins were fraud as well nt msongs May 2016 #4
This is my observation as well. PeaceNikki May 2016 #9
Especially...elementary Bern logic. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #12
You must play some really crappy video games. FSogol May 2016 #3
right? rbrnmw May 2016 #6
Full Metal Ballot is some pulsepounding shit. Codeine May 2016 #15
I think you found a way to make all those kids put down their phones and FSogol May 2016 #17
If they could level up every time they actually went and voted Codeine May 2016 #19
Clam Digger Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #20
Number one in the 'hood, G. nt Codeine May 2016 #24
with what we have already known for more than a decade mooseprime May 2016 #8
In other words: Cali_Democrat May 2016 #10
'Nuf said! LOL! Surya Gayatri May 2016 #14
And there it is. nt Codeine May 2016 #16
What do you mean? oberliner May 2016 #13
Because Hillary won. WhiteTara May 2016 #29
Read my mind FlatBaroque May 2016 #18
Could very well be. My suspicion is that big city party hacks look at the vote, and pad the numbers. reformist2 May 2016 #23
The MSM manufactures drama. joshcryer May 2016 #21
And for me that started in 2000 nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #22
Come to think of it, I remember having that feeling about the Florida results in 2000... reformist2 May 2016 #25
It was a strange feeling nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #26
There is no reason ANYONE should. stillwaiting May 2016 #32
yes, except this time the Brooks Bros Rioters are Sanders supporters ala Nevada. KittyWampus May 2016 #30
I suppose if you think of an evil "them" it's easier... brooklynite May 2016 #27
Of course. The cries of CHEATING begin WhiteTara May 2016 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #31

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)
1. One of the counties (a big one) was holding at 8% for too long..even what's his name
Tue May 17, 2016, 08:48 PM
May 2016

on CNN thought it strange.

mooseprime

(474 posts)
11. Jefferson is still not all the way in
Tue May 17, 2016, 08:55 PM
May 2016

and it's of course a clinton stronghold, it's been holding at around 80% for some time now. that one county may pitch it over the top.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
15. Full Metal Ballot is some pulsepounding shit.
Tue May 17, 2016, 08:58 PM
May 2016

That one part where you've got to get by the Big Dawg and his Wave Motion Bullhorn to grab that ballot box while ducking flying chairs is intense!

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
19. If they could level up every time they actually went and voted
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:02 PM
May 2016

Sanders would be a fucking Emperor at this point.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
20. Clam Digger
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:03 PM
May 2016

Oh you gonna love this, boy. Tyrone calls you up, you know, in the game, and he says, "I can dig more clams than you, stupid!" And you've got to say, "Nuh-uh, boy!" And then y'all gotta race down to the beach with your buckets and your shovels. And the object of the game... is to find parking.

mooseprime

(474 posts)
8. with what we have already known for more than a decade
Tue May 17, 2016, 08:53 PM
May 2016

about the privatized electronic voting machines, that alone discounts the results. now add to that the DNC & corporate media bias and the incredible number of "coincidences" you have to accept to believe this is on the up and up. it's pretty discouraging.

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
18. Read my mind
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:02 PM
May 2016

There is an algorithm that weights votes in a feedback loop that looks at the total vote differential. I think all these reported results are horseshit.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
21. The MSM manufactures drama.
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:05 PM
May 2016

Benchmark Politics had an idea it was going to Clinton with only like 5% reporting.

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
25. Come to think of it, I remember having that feeling about the Florida results in 2000...
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:21 PM
May 2016

... the way Bush's and Gore's numbers converged toward each other, made me wonder if party hacks in both parties were one-upping each other with fraudulent number reporting, resulting in the now infamous "tie".

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
32. There is no reason ANYONE should.
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:34 PM
May 2016

We have a system in many parts of the country that is not transparent nor verifiable.

Our "democracy" has been stolen from us. No confidence.

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
27. I suppose if you think of an evil "them" it's easier...
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:25 PM
May 2016

...than accepting the reality of thousands of individual county and State election Boards, some Democratic, some Republican, all working separately.

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
28. Of course. The cries of CHEATING begin
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:30 PM
May 2016

because Bernie lost. The only time there is not CHEATING is when Bernie wins. I remember now.

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