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The Postmaster General The Wizard Wednesday #1
In EVERY swing state? I'd love to see how. WarGamer Wednesday #2
That is precisely what makes it seem so suspicious! debsy Wednesday #8
That's not correct. She was only ahead in 2 swing states. EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #10
she wasn't ahead... no votes had been counted. Polling is not voting. WarGamer Wednesday #15
Considering I'm replying to someone who said she was ahead my point stands EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #19
Is 2 a number? debsy Yesterday #80
Remember--Sidney Powell stole the Doninion software mchill Wednesday #18
simple ShepKat Yesterday #20
Could be... look at their resume, record, Nazi Cha Wednesday #3
So much knowledge and so much technical skill Walleye Yesterday #53
They want to rule the Universe.. Cha Yesterday #69
In character. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #56
Of course, anything for a buck & Cha Yesterday #68
I believe he already has sold them and traded them. yellow dahlia 23 hrs ago #85
I think so too. raccoon Wednesday #4
Yep. Votes were shaved/uncounted in heavily Dem districts 31st Street Bridge Yesterday #27
Same OnionPatch Wednesday #5
I believe he was "installed" the first time around also debsy Wednesday #6
Yup! When it doesn't add up - it doesn't make sense. yellow dahlia Wednesday #11
Don't forget AIPAC! n/m Old-8643 Yesterday #23
That, too 31st Street Bridge Yesterday #28
Not just loot to be stolen, but MANY people knew Trump had to win or some of them would end up in prison Attilatheblond Yesterday #37
He was "installed" by the Electoral College the first time... maddiemom Yesterday #30
I never believed Chicagogrl1 Wednesday #7
Agree. bamagal62 Yesterday #36
Ditto. stage left Wednesday #9
He publicly thanked Musk and commented on how Musk knows those "vote counting computers" dflprincess Wednesday #14
Yeppers! Chicagogrl1 Yesterday #71
And he was installed specifically to accomplish the destruction being perpetrated right now. yellow dahlia Wednesday #12
The Epstein Class Kid Berwyn Yesterday #40
100% Elon Musk helped tamper with the election results. Initech Wednesday #13
Yup. Joinfortmill Wednesday #16
No ITAL Wednesday #17
So... Cirsium Yesterday #45
Heh ITAL Yesterday #66
You have it backwards, easier to rig a few states when everyone is voting at once questionseverything Yesterday #74
No ITAL Yesterday #81
Disagree, ty 4 the bump questionseverything Yesterday #83
Thank you. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #87
Thank you. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #86
Well, i'm sure November of this year will tell us the story. bluestarone Yesterday #21
Absolutely correct.... FarPoint Yesterday #22
She does? brakester Yesterday #41
At the time, I suspected she was doing what the strategists told them to do. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #88
That's not what the autopsy report is about. BannonsLiver Yesterday #48
I believe it is related.... FarPoint Yesterday #49
There was no way in hell trump won every battleground state Emile Yesterday #24
And his part (or leadership) in that "insurrection",,, maddiemom Yesterday #33
Without a doubt! Botany Yesterday #25
It's all playing out right in front of us. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #89
Putin conquered the USA. Election finance reform is needed today! Old-8643 Yesterday #26
And here come the usual posters of "this couldn't have happened". hamsterjill Yesterday #29
There is no reason to be so caustic Grim Chieftain Yesterday #38
I see lots of reasons to be caustic. brakester Yesterday #44
I did not say they weren't. hamsterjill Yesterday #50
17 Counties in Pennsylvania had precincts that had more votes than registered voters. Botany Yesterday #43
As you were shown when you first tried to pass this off on us, that's not true EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #61
Funny this is the very first time I have ever posted about the anomalies of those 17 countries. Botany Yesterday #63
"just because something is debunked doesn't make it true" Wiz Imp Yesterday #72
You better let ms Pelosi know questionseverything Yesterday #78
Pelosi can be wrong. mr715 22 hrs ago #92
Please show us where Pelosi ever claimed that Eve Of Destruction 22 hrs ago #93
It's official. You election deniers here are now spouting the exact same conspiracy theories that Trump supporters did Eve Of Destruction 22 hrs ago #94
Maybe it all started in 16 then more in 20. (practicew runs?) Don't know but bluestarone Yesterday #46
Theil and Epstein worked to screw Hillary in 2016. She like Harris 2024 got a big # of "undervotes." Botany Yesterday #47
Math and percentages don't lie ms.pamela Yesterday #67
OK, we'll do some maths and percentages muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #79
There was fuckery, but it was Facebook etc enabling Putin to push his bullshit etc. themaguffin Yesterday #31
If people would vote in this country, 1WorldHope Yesterday #32
The numbers tell a story of manipulated vote-counting computers (tabulators) annielion Yesterday #34
Thank you. For shits like Musk, Thiel, and their employees it is just a numbers thing and manipulating those Botany Yesterday #55
Here's the states, ordered by votes as percentage of eligible voters muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #84
Biden stealing the 2020 election SCantiGOP Yesterday #35
So if they can "install" a president awesomerwb1 Yesterday #39
Bush installed NOT elected in 2000 DemocracyForever Yesterday #42
Word! yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #91
100% true. Billionaire and MAGA coup. Irish_Dem Yesterday #51
He's been a russian agent since 1987. nt ImNotGod Yesterday #52
Elon and Trump both bragged about it Blues Heron Yesterday #54
And this is one of the reasons we loose sarisataka Yesterday #57
I'm right there with you! I believe it will eventually be revealed, too. liberalla Yesterday #58
You Can't Think Objectively Mr.Bee Yesterday #59
You Do? Trump Thought Biden was "Installed," too. MineralMan Yesterday #60
Some say obnoxiousdrunk Yesterday #62
Musk somehow had the election results four hours before they were posted (mentioned on the Joe Rogan show). waterwatcher123 Yesterday #64
I guess it is easier for you to believe that than to believe... LudwigPastorius Yesterday #65
Yep. Here's how they did it. Richluu Yesterday #70
De rec, and especially for this attack on Biden and Harris (as your CT claims mean they and their regime and campaign Celerity Yesterday #73
That includes all the Democratic governors of the swing states too MichMan Yesterday #82
lol this thread WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #75
What too many people don't understand is biocube Yesterday #76
We are supposed to believe a criminal psychopath played fair and square? Irish_Dem Yesterday #77
Like you I remain doubting malaise malaise 22 hrs ago #90
Hard for me to believe moondust 22 hrs ago #95
Here we go again... Jedi Guy 21 hrs ago #96

The Wizard

(13,848 posts)
1. The Postmaster General
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:05 PM
Wednesday

had his operatives go into Democratic districts in swing states to "collect" the mail in ballots.

WarGamer

(18,847 posts)
2. In EVERY swing state? I'd love to see how.
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:07 PM
Wednesday

debsy

(1,031 posts)
8. That is precisely what makes it seem so suspicious!
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:39 PM
Wednesday

How did they manage to win every single swing state when Kamala was ahead in a number of them going into the election.

EdmondDantes_

(2,047 posts)
10. That's not correct. She was only ahead in 2 swing states.
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:56 PM
Wednesday
https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-polls/

She was ahead in Wisconsin and Michigan. Tied in Pennsylvania. Behind in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Georgia.

WarGamer

(18,847 posts)
15. she wasn't ahead... no votes had been counted. Polling is not voting.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:36 PM
Wednesday

EdmondDantes_

(2,047 posts)
19. Considering I'm replying to someone who said she was ahead my point stands
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:01 PM
Wednesday

Pendantics aside, the point was clear that Trump was ahead in polls so in was inaccurate to claim Harris was ahead in many of the swing states.

debsy

(1,031 posts)
80. Is 2 a number?
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:34 PM
Yesterday

mchill

(1,191 posts)
18. Remember--Sidney Powell stole the Doninion software
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:38 PM
Wednesday

In December 2020. They used the same BMDs in AZ and PA that she stole from Coffee County, GA. Despite the 60 minute segment, that said these machines are never online, those who know say there are moments they are and one expert from UC Berkeley said this allows them to hack these machines and not be detectable or traceable. Furthermore, the big screens on the Dominion machines in Georgia show what a person voted for, but the actual vote is embedded in the QR code.

ShepKat

(548 posts)
20. simple
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:55 AM
Yesterday

musk and algorithms. Every swing state is what makes it crystal clear.
There were headlines about PA proving it, then they disappeared.

Cha

(320,451 posts)
3. Could be... look at their resume, record, Nazi
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:10 PM
Wednesday

fucking attitude.

Walleye

(45,380 posts)
53. So much knowledge and so much technical skill
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:57 PM
Yesterday

You’d think they could find something better to do than be Nazis. Elon Musk is just the richest of the butt-hurt boys. These boys are sure that women have ruined their lives. They enjoy being the grievance victim. Poor babies, they’ve only ever had every advantage in the world

Cha

(320,451 posts)
69. They want to rule the Universe..
Thu May 14, 2026, 04:59 PM
Yesterday

My guess is that's what they have in mind.. It seems they think supporting a PEDO Rapist, Homicidal Maniac, Treasonous Psycho is the answer.

Kid Berwyn

(25,031 posts)
56. In character.
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:18 PM
Yesterday


Jack Smith, I understand, found evidence Traitor Trump intended to sell the Top Secrets he stole.

Cha

(320,451 posts)
68. Of course, anything for a buck &
Thu May 14, 2026, 04:51 PM
Yesterday

to Fuck the American People.

yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
85. I believe he already has sold them and traded them.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:46 PM
23 hrs ago

I wonder if any geopolitical incidents have been influenced as a result. Actually - I don't really wonder.

raccoon

(32,462 posts)
4. I think so too.
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:17 PM
Wednesday

31st Street Bridge

(249 posts)
27. Yep. Votes were shaved/uncounted in heavily Dem districts
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:40 AM
Yesterday

Where Biden won by 75-25, Harris only won by 65-35, etc. Scrape off enough votes and you can easily steal a swing state.
Our whole political system is broken.

Look at the graphs of Felon-47's popularity. His numbers were lowest on election day.
And her rallies were far larger than his.
It was rigged and stolen. He continues to whine about 2020 so nobody dares challenge 2024.

OnionPatch

(6,343 posts)
5. Same
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:36 PM
Wednesday

You can’t convince me they didn’t tweak it. You know they wouldn’t hesitate.

debsy

(1,031 posts)
6. I believe he was "installed" the first time around also
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:36 PM
Wednesday

Nobody will ever convince me that Putin didn’t play a role in that election.

yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
11. Yup! When it doesn't add up - it doesn't make sense.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:11 PM
Wednesday

Old-8643

(26 posts)
23. Don't forget AIPAC! n/m
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:29 AM
Yesterday

31st Street Bridge

(249 posts)
28. That, too
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:41 AM
Yesterday

The child rapist has never actually won an election.
There's too much loot to steal for any legitimate voting.

Attilatheblond

(9,207 posts)
37. Not just loot to be stolen, but MANY people knew Trump had to win or some of them would end up in prison
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:33 AM
Yesterday

Trump for starters, but didn't Elon say as much also? How many 'tech bros' and corporate leaders, let alone everyone in the Epstein files, knew it was win or face trials.

maddiemom

(5,206 posts)
30. He was "installed" by the Electoral College the first time...
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:44 AM
Yesterday

Not by the majority of the voters. That's what started his entire disastrous reign. They made it easy for Putin.

Chicagogrl1

(665 posts)
7. I never believed
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:38 PM
Wednesday

That the mofo won every swing state. It just stinks to high heaven and I don’t understand why no real investigation took place. Sickening..

bamagal62

(4,556 posts)
36. Agree.
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:29 AM
Yesterday

stage left

(3,350 posts)
9. Ditto.
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:49 PM
Wednesday

And I think Musk helped.

dflprincess

(29,411 posts)
14. He publicly thanked Musk and commented on how Musk knows those "vote counting computers"
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:20 PM
Wednesday


Chicagogrl1

(665 posts)
71. Yeppers!
Thu May 14, 2026, 05:56 PM
Yesterday

yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
12. And he was installed specifically to accomplish the destruction being perpetrated right now.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:12 PM
Wednesday

Musk, Thiel, Project 2025, Russia...and so on.

Who does it benefit?

Kid Berwyn

(25,031 posts)
40. The Epstein Class
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:39 AM
Yesterday

Grifters. Oligarchs. Putin.

Initech

(109,234 posts)
13. 100% Elon Musk helped tamper with the election results.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:19 PM
Wednesday

And the proof of it is - he's doing this all over the world! Italy, Argentina, Turkey, Brazil, the UK... they all flipped with Musk's influence and money. The man is absolutely vile and rotten to the core.

Joinfortmill

(21,640 posts)
16. Yup.
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:08 PM
Wednesday

ITAL

(1,370 posts)
17. No
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:13 PM
Wednesday

Part of the beauty about the diffused system of states (and even counties and precincts) is it'd be next to impossible to rig. If you think it was rigged for Trump in 2016 and 2024, why not do so in 2020? Or even the House elections of '18, 22...the Special elections, etc. (where it'd be significantly easier).

It's hard to accept Trump won, but he did.

Cirsium

(4,099 posts)
45. So...
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:10 PM
Yesterday

If a bank robber tried to rob 20 banks and only succeeded 15 times, he therefore wouldn't be a bank robber?

ITAL

(1,370 posts)
66. Heh
Thu May 14, 2026, 04:19 PM
Yesterday

In this situation it'd be more like 50/50 (or worse) given all the other elections the GOP has lost since Trump came on the scene. But yes, I get your point from one respect.

However it'd be infinitely easier to steal a special election than a national election with thousands of different precincts. Musk was invoked in the original post - he lost hugely in the state supreme court race he was trying to buy last year. Once more, that would have been much, much easier to rig than a national election if he was really going in and changing vote totals somehow.

questionseverything

(11,952 posts)
74. You have it backwards, easier to rig a few states when everyone is voting at once
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:06 PM
Yesterday

If too many votes have to be moved it tends to show up in “impossible numbers “ or more votes than voters or a huge undervote

When activists find them in a general election there are too many to track down the reason, when it’s a single state it’s easier to find the source of the false results

ITAL

(1,370 posts)
81. No
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:34 PM
Yesterday

If you're changing things electronically - which is how people usually suggest it happened - it'd be much easier to do on a small scale.

Changing things everywhere would have all sorts of avenues to explore. To use any sort of criminal enterprise as an example, it's actually rather easy to commit one crime and get away with it. But when someone keeps committing them they tend to make a mistake somewhere. That's why when law enforcement finally catch bank robbers or people that hold op gas stations, or serial killers - they usually figure out there are all sorts of prior crimes they committed when they finally get them on their seventh.

questionseverything

(11,952 posts)
83. Disagree, ty 4 the bump
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:41 PM
Yesterday

yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
87. Thank you.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:50 PM
22 hrs ago

yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
86. Thank you.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:49 PM
22 hrs ago

bluestarone

(22,453 posts)
21. Well, i'm sure November of this year will tell us the story.
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:03 AM
Yesterday

Be ready for TSF to win every toss up state AGAIN. I hope i'm wrong but i can never trust our elections again until WE control everything. Thst's how i feel today!

FarPoint

(14,937 posts)
22. Absolutely correct....
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:16 AM
Yesterday

That is why Kamala wants the election autopsy report....

I also added a thread in the Astrology and Spirituality Forum today...video.

brakester

(623 posts)
41. She does?
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:43 AM
Yesterday

I hadn't heard that. I'll look it up. That's a good sign if she does.
I felt like she acceded
way too fast and then faded from view. I wasn't happy about that, but what do I know about what she had to go through running against that rotten-souled criminal? He is a soul-sucking
sociopath.

yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
88. At the time, I suspected she was doing what the strategists told them to do.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:51 PM
22 hrs ago

BannonsLiver

(20,844 posts)
48. That's not what the autopsy report is about.
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:47 PM
Yesterday

It’s about failings within the party not an investigation into alleged election manipulation.

FarPoint

(14,937 posts)
49. I believe it is related....
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:49 PM
Yesterday

Maybe some DNC cover-up stuff?

Emile

(43,203 posts)
24. There was no way in hell trump won every battleground state
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:32 AM
Yesterday

after he orchestrated an insurrection four years earlier.

maddiemom

(5,206 posts)
33. And his part (or leadership) in that "insurrection",,,
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:53 AM
Yesterday

should have made him ineligible to run again.

Botany

(77,827 posts)
25. Without a doubt!
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:36 AM
Yesterday

There are hundreds of cases of the election being corrupted in 2024.
Musk, Thiel, Eaton, the Cyber Shits, and others including Russia were
very busy in 2024.

Look @ the shits who went a long with Trump to China just now.


yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
89. It's all playing out right in front of us.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:53 PM
22 hrs ago

The end goal is obvious. They had significant motive(s).

Old-8643

(26 posts)
26. Putin conquered the USA. Election finance reform is needed today!
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:37 AM
Yesterday

Putin conquered the USA without firing a single shot.

hamsterjill

(17,737 posts)
29. And here come the usual posters of "this couldn't have happened".
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:42 AM
Yesterday

Ugh! Always the same ones.

So, in that same category, I'll post my usual response. That is:

I don't know what in the hell happened and I can't prove that Trump stole the election(s), but I have lived my life listening to my gut, and been right most of the time doing that. My gut tells me that SOMETHING happened.

Just because I can't prove it happened does not mean that it didn't happen. There was something not right about 2016, and there was something not right about 2024. Trump made too many comments that showed he KNEW he was going to win. He can't keep a secret. He has to brag, and he bragged about it several times. People blow it off because he never makes any sense. But there's a pattern to his behavior. He loves to let little things slip and then feel superior because he thinks he is party to some secret that most other people don't get to know. It's all a game to him.

So, flame away all you want with your facts and data and research. My gut doesn't care.





Grim Chieftain

(2,003 posts)
38. There is no reason to be so caustic
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:34 AM
Yesterday

Everyone on DU is entitled to their opinion.

brakester

(623 posts)
44. I see lots of reasons to be caustic.
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:05 PM
Yesterday

I feel the same way the previous poster does. I'm a dedicated truth seeker who reveres facts, but sometimes it is important to be in touch with our intuition. In the case of the PedoPrez, it is so obvious that he is a compulsive liar, an ace incompetent and corrupt to his bones! Ignore my gut in this instance would be self-sabotage!

hamsterjill

(17,737 posts)
50. I did not say they weren't.
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:49 PM
Yesterday

But, likewise, I am entitled to mine. I'm not being caustic. I'm being honest. Sorry if that offends you. It should not.

Botany

(77,827 posts)
43. 17 Counties in Pennsylvania had precincts that had more votes than registered voters.
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:05 PM
Yesterday
https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/how-did-43598-of-voters-cast-ballots?utm_source=publication-search

Trump in 2024, “We don’t need anymore votes.”
Trump, “Elon knows more about those voting machines than anybody else.” Rough quotes.

EdmondDantes_

(2,047 posts)
61. As you were shown when you first tried to pass this off on us, that's not true
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:58 PM
Yesterday
https://www.norcopa.gov/corecode/uploads/document6/uploaded_pdfs/corecode/GE24%20Precinct%20Level%20Summary%20Results_1290.pdf

Page 366 demonstrates that precinct 760 only had an 80% turnout.

Thanks to Kaleva for the original source evidence that shows why nobody should ever take This Will Hold seriously.

https://the.democraticunderground.org/100220967788#post23

Continuing to post debunked things is weird.

Botany

(77,827 posts)
63. Funny this is the very first time I have ever posted about the anomalies of those 17 countries.
Thu May 14, 2026, 03:04 PM
Yesterday

And why are you tracking my posts?
Just because something is debunked doesn’t make it true.

Wiz Imp

(10,379 posts)
72. "just because something is debunked doesn't make it true"
Thu May 14, 2026, 05:57 PM
Yesterday

Wow! By definition, if something is debunked, it means that it has been proven to be false. The allegation you posted about PA counties has been repeatedly proven to be 100% false. It has zero connection to reality. Not a single word in it is true.

questionseverything

(11,952 posts)
78. You better let ms Pelosi know
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:24 PM
Yesterday

mr715

(4,114 posts)
92. Pelosi can be wrong.
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:04 PM
22 hrs ago
93. Please show us where Pelosi ever claimed that
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:13 PM
22 hrs ago

17 Counties in Pennsylvania had precincts that had more votes than registered voters.

bluestarone

(22,453 posts)
46. Maybe it all started in 16 then more in 20. (practicew runs?) Don't know but
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:30 PM
Yesterday

2024 we were BURNED badly, my thinking s well. Like i stated up thread the proof might show up this November.Maybe a RECOUNT will be needed, i'm sure

Botany

(77,827 posts)
47. Theil and Epstein worked to screw Hillary in 2016. She like Harris 2024 got a big # of "undervotes."
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:39 PM
Yesterday

An undervote is when somebody votes but skips voting for a candidate.

So did the 2 Democrats running for Senator from Ohio in 2022 and 2024 get an “undervote” too.

The Republicans haven’t won a legitimate Presidential election since in 1956 without cheating or
being the legacy of that cheating.

ms.pamela

(91 posts)
67. Math and percentages don't lie
Thu May 14, 2026, 04:43 PM
Yesterday

It is almost impossible for trump to have won all seven of the swing states with about the same percentages of votes, just a little more than would have required a run-off count. Most people I know who are good with mathematics felt the same way. Trump has admitted that he had help with this last election, praising Musk for his computer expertise and also remember Musk's son told trump to his face on live TV that he really wasn't the president. There was a post on this site yesterday that explained some of it, an ex-CIA whistleblower. Please read it.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,566 posts)
79. OK, we'll do some maths and percentages
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:32 PM
Yesterday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

In 2020, President Biden got 306 electoral college votes - 37 more than 269, the 50% point of the college. The states that put him over the top and were closest in percentage terms were:
Georgia: 49.47% - 49.24% = 0.23% difference (16 EC votes)
Arizona: 49.36% - 49.06% = 0.3% difference (11 EC votes) (0.31% in the far right Wikipedia column - rounding differences)
Wisconsin: 49.45% - 48.82% = 0.63% difference (10 EC votes)

In 2024, Trump got 312 EC votes. The states that put him over the top and were closest in percentage terms were:
Wisconsin: 49.6% - 48.74% = 0.86% (10 EC votes)
Michigan: 49.73% - 48.31% = 1.42% (15 EC votes)
Pennsylvania: 50.37% - 48.66% = 1.71% (19 EC votes)

So the crucial states in 2024 varied a fair bit. You mention winning all seven swing states, so I presume you're also including
Georgia: 2.19% difference
Nevada: 3.1% difference
North Carolina: 3.21% difference
Arizona: 5.53% difference

(the next 4 states in 2020 were differences of 1.16%, 2.39%, 2.78% and 7.12% (7.11% in far right column), for comparison)

5.53% is not "about the same" as 0.86%. Trump's margins in the crucial states were a little larger than President Biden's.

What do the people good with mathematics say about the difference between 2020 and 2024? I hope they had an argument, rather than just "feeling".

themaguffin

(5,409 posts)
31. There was fuckery, but it was Facebook etc enabling Putin to push his bullshit etc.
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:46 AM
Yesterday

No need to do that if it was rigged already.

1WorldHope

(2,138 posts)
32. If people would vote in this country,
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:51 AM
Yesterday

they may react to that travesty with the rage it deserves.

annielion

(110 posts)
34. The numbers tell a story of manipulated vote-counting computers (tabulators)
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:19 AM
Yesterday

The results of the 2024 election show the same story in many states across the country, not just swing states. The higher the percentage of voters, the more votes for Trump. This is not the way humans vote. This is the way computers (tabulators) manipulate the vote. The mail-in votes were not touched because they are sent directly to the county. The in-person vote totals were changed on the tabulators when the precincts sent the totals to the county via cellular modems. This is why Trump wants to eliminate mail-in voting. How can he win if he can't manipulate the vote? See ElectionTruthAlliance.org

Botany

(77,827 posts)
55. Thank you. For shits like Musk, Thiel, and their employees it is just a numbers thing and manipulating those
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:13 PM
Yesterday

…. #s in order to hit a target. Having a fair election and counting the votes honestly are of little
concern to them. It is just a numbers game.

Thiel’s Palantir was reported to have been running their “clean up program” called digital janitor
that didn’t flip or delete votes but hid that it happened.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,566 posts)
84. Here's the states, ordered by votes as percentage of eligible voters
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:50 PM
Yesterday

STATE VEP_TURNOUT_RATE
Hawaii 50.26%
Oklahoma 53.46%
Arkansas 54.06%
West Virginia 55.56%
Texas 56.83%
Mississippi 57.75%
Tennessee 57.92%
Alabama 58.70%
Indiana 59.05%
New Mexico 59.71%
New York 60.50%
Louisiana 61.15%
Wyoming 61.23%
California 62.26%
South Carolina 62.26%
Kentucky 62.90%
Kansas 63.32%
Rhode Island 63.32%
Illinois 63.51%
Alaska 63.55%
Arizona 63.88%
North Dakota 63.89%
Idaho 64.18%
United States 64.30%
South Dakota 64.51%
Missouri 64.62%
Utah 64.71%
District of Columbia 64.94%
Ohio 65.40%
Nevada 66.15%
Delaware 66.78%
Connecticut 67.00%
Florida 67.40%
New Jersey 67.51%
Georgia 67.97%
Montana 68.35%
Massachusetts 68.44%
Nebraska 68.61%
Maryland 69.43%
Washington 70.23%
North Carolina 70.65%
Vermont 70.75%
Iowa 70.95%
Pennsylvania 71.44%
Virginia 71.46%
Oregon 71.87%
Colorado 73.40%
New Hampshire 73.74%
Maine 74.55%
Michigan 74.85%
Minnesota 76.50%
Wisconsin 76.66%
source: https://election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-election-turnout/
I can't see a pattern of "The higher the percentage of voters, the more votes for Trump" there. Many close states get high turnouts; that's because voters there think there's a real chance their vote makes a difference, so more bother. But in the highest turnout states, there are ones Kamala Harris own, like Minnesota and Maine.

SCantiGOP

(14,756 posts)
35. Biden stealing the 2020 election
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:26 AM
Yesterday

And Trump stealing the 2024 election (both while the other side controlled the White House) are two sides of the same coin; i.e., baseless conspiracy theories with no factual support.

awesomerwb1

(5,148 posts)
39. So if they can "install" a president
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:38 AM
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they can also install a Congress?

DemocracyForever

(176 posts)
42. Bush installed NOT elected in 2000
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:54 AM
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by the anti-democracy, corrupt Rehnquist 5 who stopped the legal Florida vote count leaving 160,000 legally cast ballots located in the largest and most heavily democratic voting counties in Florida uncounted. This is what started this nightmare.

yellow dahlia

(6,429 posts)
91. Word!
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:01 PM
22 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(82,248 posts)
51. 100% true. Billionaire and MAGA coup.
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:51 PM
Yesterday

ImNotGod

(1,206 posts)
52. He's been a russian agent since 1987. nt
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:54 PM
Yesterday

Blues Heron

(9,014 posts)
54. Elon and Trump both bragged about it
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:00 PM
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I believe them

sarisataka

(22,817 posts)
57. And this is one of the reasons we loose
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:23 PM
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Because to anyone who followed polls and trends in the final weeks leading up to election day the result was not surprising.

Denial is a losing strategy.

liberalla

(11,217 posts)
58. I'm right there with you! I believe it will eventually be revealed, too.
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:09 PM
Yesterday

Mr.Bee

(1,914 posts)
59. You Can't Think Objectively
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:42 PM
Yesterday

while watching FuxNews.

MineralMan

(151,531 posts)
60. You Do? Trump Thought Biden was "Installed," too.
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:48 PM
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But, guess what, Trump is in the White House and Biden was sworn in in 2021.

That is reality. What you're talking about is something different from reality.

Trump lost every court case. Kamala didn't go that losing route.

obnoxiousdrunk

(3,118 posts)
62. Some say
Thu May 14, 2026, 03:01 PM
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Biden was installed too.

waterwatcher123

(537 posts)
64. Musk somehow had the election results four hours before they were posted (mentioned on the Joe Rogan show).
Thu May 14, 2026, 03:50 PM
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Election authorities do not provide results to citizens (regardless of how rich) in advance of posting them on their respective pages. My guess is that Musk and/or the Russians had an algorithm downloaded on machines that used cellular connections (all ES&S machines) to guaranteed the result (the data looks suspect in lots of places, where there were lots of over-votes for Trump and under-votes for Harris).

Trump was constantly harping on about stolen elections the entire time out of office. He effectively inoculated himself against any serious investigation or charges about election tampering. We know from the Muller Report that the Russians interfered in the 2016 election and were inside state vote tabulators all over the place. Somehow these Russian intrusions were said to have occurred without any impact in 2016. However, it would easy for the Russians to have installed a back door or dormant software program in 2016 that allowed for manipulation at a future date (assuming it was not over-written by a new software program or patch).

LudwigPastorius

(14,982 posts)
65. I guess it is easier for you to believe that than to believe...
Thu May 14, 2026, 03:55 PM
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that there is a plurality of nasty, stupid, racist people in this country who feared a woman president.

Personally, I'll go with that less convoluted, more likely explanation.

Celerity

(54,837 posts)
73. De rec, and especially for this attack on Biden and Harris (as your CT claims mean they and their regime and campaign
Thu May 14, 2026, 05:58 PM
Yesterday

were all so weak and unaware that , IF what you posit is true, they allowed it all to happen, or worse, were in on the fix).

I really tire of all this CT-based (all of which (that has been posted on DU for ages) has been de-bunked) election denialism that runs riot hear on DU all too often.

MichMan

(17,384 posts)
82. That includes all the Democratic governors of the swing states too
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:36 PM
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WhiskeyGrinder

(27,221 posts)
75. lol this thread
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:08 PM
Yesterday

biocube

(260 posts)
76. What too many people don't understand is
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:10 PM
Yesterday

The swing states are largely correlated. Biden won all or (depending on how you define it) most of them in 2020. Same thing with Trump in 2016. I mean, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Georgia all went the same way the last 3 presidential elections.

Irish_Dem

(82,248 posts)
77. We are supposed to believe a criminal psychopath played fair and square?
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:18 PM
Yesterday

Who was facing prison, bankruptcy, and disgrace played by the rules?

Same with Musk.

And Putin.

malaise

(297,840 posts)
90. Like you I remain doubting malaise
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:59 PM
22 hrs ago

That said I am way more concerned about the ongoing coup

moondust

(21,348 posts)
95. Hard for me to believe
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:39 PM
22 hrs ago

that so many U.S. voters, especially in swing states, would cast their vote for a racist, sexist, continuously lying, "grabbing," grifting, convicted felon.

Jedi Guy

(3,500 posts)
96. Here we go again...
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:03 PM
21 hrs ago

For this to be true, one must necessarily believe that the entire Democratic Party, from Joe Biden on down, was either too stupid or too cowardly to do anything about it. One must necessarily believe that Kamala Harris herself was too stupid or too cowardly to do anything about it. That after warning the nation that Trump is a deadly danger to our democracy they meekly stood aside and did absolutely nothing about it.

I simply can't believe that of them. And not one election conspiracy theorist has ever responded to this point, which seems telling to me.

This is nothing more than the same nonsense Trump supporters spouted after the 2020 election, just with the party affiliations and names changed. It's the same conspiracy theory nonsense without a shred of proof to back it up because if there was actual, legitimate truth to any of it Biden and Harris would have done something with it to challenge the results. But they didn't, so the logical conclusion is that there is no such proof since it hasn't been forthcoming and they never acted to challenge the results of the election.

I get that this timeline sucks and we all wish Harris had won but wishful thinking is not helpful, nor is denying reality because of nebulous "gut feelings that something happened". Feelings don't override facts nor do they override the lack of same.

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