Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:25 AM

hedda_foil (15,762 posts)

Why didn't Hillary's team file for recounts in MI, WI and PA in 2016?

DU would have been all over that at the time but the site was down for nearly 3 weeks. The margins in those states was razor thin. Why did they just let the pig claim them all.

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Why didn't Hillary's team file for recounts in MI, WI and PA in 2016? (Original post)	hedda_foil	Nov 2020	OP
I seem to remember a recount in MI in 2016	yodermon	Nov 2020	#1
I remember a Wisconsin recount because of that idiot	Rice4VP	Nov 2020	#4
I believe Stein asked for a recount	SomedayKindaLove	Nov 2020	#13
Recounts never change the outcome	Thrill	Nov 2020	#2
Perhaps They Understood The Realities, Ma'am	The Magistrate	Nov 2020	#3
Lol	flying rabbit	Nov 2020	#8
There is razor thin and then really razor thin.	Statistical	Nov 2020	#5
Because she lost and was grown-up enough to admit it	BeyondGeography	Nov 2020	#6
See above. Because they were realists.	stopdiggin	Nov 2020	#7
Because unless you are willing to throw out a lot of ballot during recount,	Claustrum	Nov 2020	#9
Jill Stein asked for a recount in WI.	33taw	Nov 2020	#10
Jinx!	BumRushDaShow	Nov 2020	#12
Jill Stein did the honor	BumRushDaShow	Nov 2020	#11

Response to hedda_foil (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:26 AM

yodermon (6,142 posts)

1. I seem to remember a recount in MI in 2016

but Jill Stein was involved and it ended up weird.

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Response to yodermon (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:28 AM

Rice4VP (1,235 posts)

4. I remember a Wisconsin recount because of that idiot

Jill Stein

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Response to Rice4VP (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:45 AM

SomedayKindaLove (243 posts)

13. I believe Stein asked for a recount

But the judge said she couldn’t ask for one because it wouldn’t change the election for her.

At that trial the Clinton lawyers did not ask for a recount, saying they were only there to observe.

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Response to hedda_foil (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:27 AM

Thrill (19,064 posts)

2. Recounts never change the outcome

Let’s be real

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Response to hedda_foil (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:28 AM

The Magistrate (92,526 posts)

3. Perhaps They Understood The Realities, Ma'am

Fond as I am of this forum, I doubt it would have made much difference if members here were 'all over' something.

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Response to The Magistrate (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:32 AM

flying rabbit (4,212 posts)

8. Lol

okay... that was funny.

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Response to hedda_foil (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:29 AM

Statistical (19,264 posts)

5. There is razor thin and then really razor thin.

90%+ of recounts result in no change. Most the successful recounts have been on margins below 0.1%. Clinton was down by far more than that.

I think it is incredibly unlikely that a recount would have made any difference. Also didn't that piece of shit Stein sucker everyone's money to do a recount and it has essentially negligible effect.

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Response to hedda_foil (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:30 AM

BeyondGeography (37,905 posts)

6. Because she lost and was grown-up enough to admit it

Those results squared with a broader pattern of Trump over performing in rural areas, narrowing margins in swing districts that we won and flipping districts that we won in 2012. Let's say she fought it and he won anyway (which he would have). That's called a terrible use of political capital. She chose to let us move on and not make a martyr out of Trump. I'm glad she did.

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Response to hedda_foil (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 11:31 AM

stopdiggin (6,692 posts)