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Why do people keep aquiring information from uncredited sources? Once again I'll explain why believing everything you see/hear leaves a mind corrupted.
When people look at something for the first time, they don't have a proper reference for what is normal, and their intuition leads them astray. We have many people looking at elections closely for the first time this year, many poll watchers who don't know what they're looking at, as opposed to poll workers, who have been trained and often have experience.
And then you get fake "authorities" producing youtube videos manufacturing outrage by showing you something they claim is not normal when they don't really know themselves, and don't care.
I think what might help is if local TV stations or newspapers did reports on what exactly happened to the local ballots: how were they stored, transported, processed, and what are the paper trails protecting the counts. If everyone thought about how their own vote was secured, that might help ground people.
A huge part of populism and/or conspiracy theories involves fake claims about things that happen far away that you can't check (and that often contradict everyday experience you actually have); it makes everyone feel terrible and insecure.
In every venue, there are poll workers from both parties. In every state, there are hundreds and thousands of them. If the was a conspiracy to steal the vote, surely there would be some poll workers testifying in court by now. But instead, we have the Trump campaign begging for witnesses. This suggests there aren't any, and that suggests there wasn't anything shady to witness..
I think also you can lose perspective by looking at these media numbers. The race is not decided by the media, it's decided by the number of electors that come from the states, which is based on the final numbers that are certified by the states. Those numbers are subject to bipartisan examination, audits, and recounts and are the actual results.
The numbers that guy listed are from hour-by-hour (and sometimes minute-by-minute) updates of data that is desperately being acquired as quickly as possible. The numbers do not represent the FINAL OUTCOME. Due to the various different ways counties report data this is a partly manual process, and mistakes are made, then later corrected.
But the final result comes from pieces of paper that can be verified and recounted.
Ultimately, the problem here is a lack of information about where the numbers a coming from, and what factors into them. How often do counties issue a correction? What actually happened at the various points on this graph? The people collecting this data have the capability to explain this issue (and quite possibly already have). While it may not seem important, things like this become the foundation of long-lasting conspiracy theories, and really needs to be addressed to prevent it from creating harm in the future.
No fraud. Come on, people.
When people look at something for the first time, they don't have a proper reference for what is normal, and their intuition leads them astray. We have many people looking at elections closely for the first time this year, many poll watchers who don't know what they're looking at, as opposed to poll workers, who have been trained and often have experience.
And then you get fake "authorities" producing youtube videos manufacturing outrage by showing you something they claim is not normal when they don't really know themselves, and don't care.
I think what might help is if local TV stations or newspapers did reports on what exactly happened to the local ballots: how were they stored, transported, processed, and what are the paper trails protecting the counts. If everyone thought about how their own vote was secured, that might help ground people.
A huge part of populism and/or conspiracy theories involves fake claims about things that happen far away that you can't check (and that often contradict everyday experience you actually have); it makes everyone feel terrible and insecure.
In every venue, there are poll workers from both parties. In every state, there are hundreds and thousands of them. If the was a conspiracy to steal the vote, surely there would be some poll workers testifying in court by now. But instead, we have the Trump campaign begging for witnesses. This suggests there aren't any, and that suggests there wasn't anything shady to witness..
I think also you can lose perspective by looking at these media numbers. The race is not decided by the media, it's decided by the number of electors that come from the states, which is based on the final numbers that are certified by the states. Those numbers are subject to bipartisan examination, audits, and recounts and are the actual results.
The numbers that guy listed are from hour-by-hour (and sometimes minute-by-minute) updates of data that is desperately being acquired as quickly as possible. The numbers do not represent the FINAL OUTCOME. Due to the various different ways counties report data this is a partly manual process, and mistakes are made, then later corrected.
But the final result comes from pieces of paper that can be verified and recounted.
Ultimately, the problem here is a lack of information about where the numbers a coming from, and what factors into them. How often do counties issue a correction? What actually happened at the various points on this graph? The people collecting this data have the capability to explain this issue (and quite possibly already have). While it may not seem important, things like this become the foundation of long-lasting conspiracy theories, and really needs to be addressed to prevent it from creating harm in the future.
No fraud. Come on, people.
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Your life would be so much better if you stopped believing this voter fraud narrative Trump has pushed for four years. It just ain’t there. He created a commission to look into the 2016 election and it was disbanded. They found nothing of substance. Same thing four years later. Let it go. Turn off OAN, Newsmax, or whatever and move on.
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Also, your question was answered 4 year ago. The electoral numbers were similar but the vote counts were much closer, and Hillary conceded as soon as it was apparent she lost. Her supporters (or moreso people who didn't like Trump) did the whole "not my president " thing, but no one questioned the integrity of the process.
In fact, for the last 46 times we've done this no one has questioned the integrity of the process. Even in 2000 when it wasn't apparent for weeks, no one was saying there was widespread fraud. This is new. This is Trump-he is a spoiled child who doesn't understand that he can't sue or cheat his way out of this. It's sad that people cannot accept that he is a historically bad and failed leader, and just move on.
Pathetic
In fact, for the last 46 times we've done this no one has questioned the integrity of the process. Even in 2000 when it wasn't apparent for weeks, no one was saying there was widespread fraud. This is new. This is Trump-he is a spoiled child who doesn't understand that he can't sue or cheat his way out of this. It's sad that people cannot accept that he is a historically bad and failed leader, and just move on.
Pathetic
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If that is actually real... that is shocking and disturbing. But besides the fact there have been myriad fake hate claims, there are a few other things lead me to believe it is fake.
1) Use of the word “comrade”. Doesn’t sound like a right-wing person.
2) If real, who would share and admit they are on that mailing list? People would not innocently receive that mail.
3) I thought Proud Boys leader was an African-American.
4) Mail has expenses. I haven’t heard that white supremacy has a huge funding base.
1) Use of the word “comrade”. Doesn’t sound like a right-wing person.
2) If real, who would share and admit they are on that mailing list? People would not innocently receive that mail.
3) I thought Proud Boys leader was an African-American.
4) Mail has expenses. I haven’t heard that white supremacy has a huge funding base.
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US election 2020: Fact-checking Trump team's main fraud claims
summary: there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud...for OUR country, trump please just stop this madness and concede...
summary: there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud...for OUR country, trump please just stop this madness and concede...
