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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why is it so difficult for us to think the election was stolen? [View all]triron
(21,916 posts)17. Also see Prof. Ron Baiman's
statistical analysis of the exit polls vs vote tallies in 28 states, 24 of which favored Trump.
While it's plausible for exit polls to be off why are 24 out of 28 off in the same direction, some by very large (~8-10%) amounts all again toward Trump. Statistically so improbably as to be virtually impossible.
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It was stolen by calculating just where and how many votes to swing the electoral college
brush
Dec 2016
#29
me too! Really it started for me the day before, when Trump was announcing Cabinet picks. nt
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#65
This. All the GOP cares about is money and power. Look at what they do in the light of day: NC coup
chimpymustgo
Dec 2016
#47
It was absolutely stolen, and we will, I fear, end up doing nothing but watch our 60 years plus
Grey Lemercier
Dec 2016
#21
Yeah, it strikes me that the Russians are a distraction from horrendous problems in the voting ...
planetc
Dec 2016
#31
I do fear this. It's a horrible charade that has become really dangerous for the non-1%.
chimpymustgo
Dec 2016
#48