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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Oh, the ones who count the votes are unassailable. Only 85k votes in six states [View all]TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)20. do a few searches on the subject, and you will see. it is totally possible, in multiple ways, and
would not take an "army of people" at all. seriously, where have you been for the last 20 years or so?
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Oh, the ones who count the votes are unassailable. Only 85k votes in six states [View all]
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
OP
No. They did not do hand recounts, they merely used optical scanners. You wouldn't need an "army"
synergie
Dec 2016
#33
Thats the attitude i like! This "it's the end of the world our lives are ruined1!!1eleventy!"
dionysus
Dec 2016
#44
do a few searches on the subject, and you will see. it is totally possible, in multiple ways, and
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#20
Polls are often wrong in the same direction. State polls underestimated Obama by 2.5% on average.
BzaDem
Dec 2016
#25
Exit polls had Gore winning Alabama and Georgia, and Bill winning Indiana and Texas.
BzaDem
Dec 2016
#27
States the exits said Gore won that he lost: AL AR AZ CO FL GA MO NC NV TN TX VA
BzaDem
Dec 2016
#31
They've been doing this incrementally for years now. Brownback in Kansas, even McTurtle
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#36