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So which races were hacked? (Original Post) NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 OP
All of them. rownesheck Nov 2020 #1
I agree Tribetime Nov 2020 #6
Me too. fleur-de-lisa Nov 2020 #10
Lots. But its looking like the hackers may have underestimated Dem. turnout by just a bit Cousin Dupree Nov 2020 #2
If you really want to know, IN and CA and for different reasons... Moostache Nov 2020 #3
Sadly I think you're right. nt Doremus Nov 2020 #11
The experts were wondering if the hackers Hortensis Nov 2020 #12
I think the hacks were not for Trump Bev54 Nov 2020 #4
we need to watch these for sure RANDYWILDMAN Nov 2020 #7
None. There are just way more assholes living Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #5
the Russian hackers bdamomma Nov 2020 #8
And they turned me into a newt! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #9
I know Virginia has been helped because of the enormous, diverse population in phylny Nov 2020 #13
Yes! Ruby Zee Nov 2020 #15
Most of them. Remember, polling data is usually accurate. tinrobot Nov 2020 #14

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
3. If you really want to know, IN and CA and for different reasons...
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:11 PM
Nov 2020

There was a story about this in the press last week that gained no traction...but IN and CA had break ins to their election systems.

The 2020 race was considered too wide to steal, and the efforts to do so simply mirrored what worked in 2016 with Putin and Russia being fine with exactly what we have today - chaos, bitter division and a trump whining fit...but the real aim was to experiment with a solidly red state and a solidly blue state to game out just how far voter manipulation and changing votes can go before the system alarms and the people respond...

Bookmark this reply because one day in 2022 or 2024 you may want to remember where you heard it first...or maybe you can just drop me a note and see if the tinfoil succeeds in cutting off blood flow to my head!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. The experts were wondering if the hackers
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:22 PM
Nov 2020

Might have moved laterally into other electoral systems, but they either didn’t know or were saying.

As for stealing the election, Republican experts know precisely what districts need to be stolen here in there, absolutely no need to steal the whole thing.

Bev54

(10,088 posts)
4. I think the hacks were not for Trump
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:13 PM
Nov 2020

but for the senate votes, too many weird things happened there. The attention is always on the presidential vote so the senate votes might go unnoticed.

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,678 posts)
7. we need to watch these for sure
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:17 PM
Nov 2020

Sorry I don't believe all these reluctant Trump voters, when I see them all driving around my neighborhood with their stupid flags flying and F-Bombs screaming out the vehicles.

The senate is super fishy, cause it ties biden's hands... Gridlock, what until we get a R president again ???

Phoenix61

(17,025 posts)
5. None. There are just way more assholes living
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:13 PM
Nov 2020

amongst us than we realized. Also, the Koch brothers have spent decades creating an effective campaign machine from dog-catcher all the way to president. Throw in decades of hate radio and Fox and here we are.

phylny

(8,393 posts)
13. I know Virginia has been helped because of the enormous, diverse population in
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:24 PM
Nov 2020

Northern Virginia, but the state started to turn blue when we got paper ballots that are fed into a voting machine. The state does random audits and the ballots cannot be destroyed.

I truly believe this made a difference.

tinrobot

(10,927 posts)
14. Most of them. Remember, polling data is usually accurate.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:24 PM
Nov 2020

We use it all the time to uncover election fraud in third world countries.

Why we blame the pollsters for being wrong is beyond me. Sure, some are wrong, but the averages were pretty close to truth.

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