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edhopper

(37,375 posts) Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:23 AM Feb 2018

Trump won Michigan by 11,000 votes [View all]

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 [View all] 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