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In reply to the discussion: I told you they flip votes on the ground on election day, so what does this obvious election fraud [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)11. Didn't they start counting with a blue urban area
and finish with mostly red suburbs and rural areas? I'm not saying you're not on to something, or that election theft isn't a very real possibility, but I don't see support for this idea from political experts yet. The order of tallying often has the numbers gyrating from hour to hour.
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I told you they flip votes on the ground on election day, so what does this obvious election fraud [View all]
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
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Not sure, do we have exit polls? I bet they dont do those anymore. Gee, wonder why.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#6
If you only look at poll results superficially, you come to the wrong conclusions
onenote
Mar 2018
#10
+1. Why try to "steal" an election, but come up less than 1K short? Not logical.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2018
#28
Why did they change their minds at the last minute and I am on NYT reading how they
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#12
The polls indicated he would win by 2. He won by .02. There is a margin of error.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2018
#20
Eh, I think if you had that much control you wouldn't flip enough votes to barely lose.
Mayberry Machiavelli
Mar 2018
#27
Yeah but while you are switching vote counts or doing whatever you are doing it you are doing it
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#29
I don't think votes were flipped in this case. Some of the polls were at 2% which
Demsrule86
Mar 2018
#35