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edhopper

(33,606 posts)
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:23 AM Feb 2018

Trump won Michigan by 11,000 votes

about 0.3%.
Jill Stein got 50,000 votes.

In Wisconsin it was about 23,000, less than 1%

And after the latest revelations they still won't say the Russians didn't effect the outcome of the election?

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Trump won Michigan by 11,000 votes (Original Post) edhopper Feb 2018 OP
Not up to DOJ or FBI to determine that. Maybe social scientists can do some research, but it Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #1
I didn't mean the FBI edhopper Feb 2018 #6
And then there were the thousands of ballots in Detroit that "allegedly"... brush Feb 2018 #31
yes, "alleged" and "may have" and the like still dominate the media's choice of words NRaleighLiberal Feb 2018 #2
We all know that enough voters were influenced to swing the election bearsfootball516 Feb 2018 #3
Lanny Davis blames FBI Comey quartz007 Feb 2018 #29
Yeah, it's so people don't stop voting... Farmer-Rick Feb 2018 #4
Don't forget PA BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #5
These stats make me want to PUKE Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #16
Not only what I posted but BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #18
That was the killer oberliner Feb 2018 #23
Most of the media still won't admit Gore won Fla. In 2000 Va Lefty Feb 2018 #7
Why does anyone assume that Jill Stein's votes shanny Feb 2018 #8
Why would any intelligent sane individual ever vote for Stein? yardwork Feb 2018 #10
Maybe that's a question that answers itself. shanny Feb 2018 #11
I think so. yardwork Feb 2018 #13
I guess she got the true blue ehrnst Mar 2018 #36
Why would any intelligent sane individual give Stein money .... MichMan Feb 2018 #27
Why do you think that is a valid argument in response to the OPs point? nt stevenleser Feb 2018 #12
hi steve! where ya been? shanny Feb 2018 #15
Same as always. Why? nt stevenleser Feb 2018 #19
tbg... SidDithers Feb 2018 #20
Thyroxine-binding globulin? shanny Feb 2018 #21
Odd question mcar Feb 2018 #25
Nobody belongs to anyone.. stein lied her gd head off Cha Feb 2018 #24
Someone got the talking points mcar Feb 2018 #26
They aren't saying the Russians didn't affect the election. They are saying there is no indication tblue37 Feb 2018 #9
I think edhopper Feb 2018 #14
You were absolutely spot on about the medias role in this Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #17
Even with Wisconsin and Michigan, HRC still would've lost oberliner Feb 2018 #22
According to Lanny Davis, it was Comey quartz007 Feb 2018 #28
I think Comey was the "plausible deniability" and Russian hackers reassigning votes to McCamy Taylor Feb 2018 #33
Our election system is a disgrace quartz007 Feb 2018 #34
I live in Michigan helmedon1974 Feb 2018 #30
We don't even know she "got" the votes. Russian hackers may have re-assigned the votes McCamy Taylor Feb 2018 #32
We only know edhopper Feb 2018 #35

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
1. Not up to DOJ or FBI to determine that. Maybe social scientists can do some research, but it
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:27 AM
Feb 2018

may be impossible to say...but clearly many, many votes were changed or prevented from being cast.

Why else were the Russians spending millions a month supporting Trump in a coordinated and secret attack on democracy whose impact was multiplied by such close coordination?

To change and buy votes, and suppress others.

11K difference? Absolutely.

brush

(53,840 posts)
31. And then there were the thousands of ballots in Detroit that "allegedly"...
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 10:45 PM
Feb 2018

didn't check the box at the top of the ballot for president.

Detroit is a majority African-American city and we're supposed to believe that thousands of black people who made the effort to get to the poll and stand in line to vote didn't bother to the check the box for the presidency.

Hell yeah the election was stolen and I believe Stein and her siphoning off of votes of even more was complicit.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,018 posts)
2. yes, "alleged" and "may have" and the like still dominate the media's choice of words
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:30 AM
Feb 2018

I tell ya, they simply can't "go there" because the implications are too great for so many.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
3. We all know that enough voters were influenced to swing the election
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:36 AM
Feb 2018

But if you're trying to be exact, like Mueller is, he can't say for sure that it swung the election, because we have no way of knowing how the exact number of votes swung by Russian influence.

Farmer-Rick

(10,202 posts)
4. Yeah, it's so people don't stop voting...
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:37 AM
Feb 2018

And to give cover to RepubliCONS. After all, the FBI is still made up of mostly RepubliCON sympathizers. And Dems seem to not care that at least 3 presidencies were stolen from them and what did Dems do in response to the other stolen elections?......not much.

So, it's a win for RepubliCONS on all fronts if they pretend the vote count was NOT rigged. The Dems won't complain, if they do, they will do nothing about it. And people will mostly keep voting and pretending they have a democracy. At least up until Putin claims the US presidency.

BumRushDaShow

(129,377 posts)
18. Not only what I posted but
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 03:11 PM
Feb 2018

municipalities like Erie, PA that have been reliably Democratic voters like Philly, Pittsburgh, & Scranton, actually flipped to Drumpf. I remember for some time after the results came in, checking the various counties here in PA and that stood out as a red flag. Granted, people could say - "Well they were losing population and their core industries, etc." But IMHO, the flip by Erie County was barely 2% (1,957 votes). The NYT did an article on them -

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/politics/pennsylvania-trump-votes.html

I think they fell for the okie doke Russian-bot lies and propaganda, and the NYT article reflects that via the sentiment of many of those interviewed indicating a "lack of trustworthiness" of Clinton, which is pure bullshit.

MichMan

(11,960 posts)
27. Why would any intelligent sane individual give Stein money ....
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 10:15 PM
Feb 2018

for her fake recount? Yet many posters here on DU gladly did.

Cha

(297,574 posts)
24. Nobody belongs to anyone.. stein lied her gd head off
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 07:41 PM
Feb 2018

to her sucker fans.. and if she hadn't.. they might have been smart enough and caring enough to actually Vote FOR the Planet.

tblue37

(65,483 posts)
9. They aren't saying the Russians didn't affect the election. They are saying there is no indication
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:21 PM
Feb 2018
in this newest set of indictments that they did. That leaves open the possibility that they might reveal later that the Russians did affect the election.

By speaking so precisely, they both leave open that possibility and also give the Trumpists false comfort In order to forestall efforts to shut down the investigation.
 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
17. You were absolutely spot on about the medias role in this
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:53 PM
Feb 2018

THEY are more to blame than the monsters themselves. We are well aware of their tactics

The media CHOSE to cover/not cover what they did

They ALWAYS do the bidding of the corporations that provide their cushy lifestyles

No modern “journalist” dares jeopardize that

Ask Bob Perry

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
22. Even with Wisconsin and Michigan, HRC still would've lost
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:34 PM
Feb 2018

Assuming all the other state results were the same.

Losing OH-PA-FL pretty much made it impossible for her.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
33. I think Comey was the "plausible deniability" and Russian hackers reassigning votes to
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 11:12 PM
Feb 2018

Clinton was the real math. When there are plans afoot to steal an election via e-fraud/absentee ballots/hanging chads there is always some really fishy October surprise and the press says "Look, the stupid American voters fell for it." When Comey did what he did, I started looking for election fraud.

 

helmedon1974

(92 posts)
30. I live in Michigan
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 10:33 PM
Feb 2018

There were several poll stations down in Detroit due to broken voting machines. A lot of intimidation too.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
32. We don't even know she "got" the votes. Russian hackers may have re-assigned the votes
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 11:10 PM
Feb 2018

to her. An old GOP trick---have a third party left wing splitter on the ballot so a certain number of Dem votes can be shifted. All Russia had to do was pay to put her on the ballot. They can do this again and again in every election, even Congressional ones. All they need is lots of money. And Putin is rich and Russia is a whole country.

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