Trump did not win the election in 2016

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17. At least one prominent (D) called his presidency "illegitimate".

And the "Russian disinformation" idea was rampant.

I figure that every (R) win since before I was on DU has upped the ante. "Selected, not elected" and "*".

"Red shift" in 2004, where the exit polls were all good but "black box voting flipped" votes from (D) to (R)--causing a lot of pizza deliveries on DU.

Obama won in 2008, so suddenly BBV was sacred. And in 2012. But in 2016 ... "Russian disinformation."

Now, post election some academics did, you know, actual research. When voters were asked if they'd heard various bits of Russian disinformation, they could no more identity Russian disinformation than researcher produced distractors. So, no, they didn't remember it.

Another found that social media directed troll-bot posts to accounts of those already firmly in Trump's pocket. Oooh ... The Russkies convinced Trump voters to be, well, um, Trump voters.

Even worse, a clear majority of the "accounts of those already firmly in Trump's pocket" turned out to be ... wait for it ... troll-bots.

Remember, that analysis that was widely quoted was widely misquoted: The primary goal was to sow dissent, Trump was #3 on the list and a late entry. Now, did Russia sow dissent?

Clearly not. Just look at how American politics from mid 2016 to the present has completely ignored, instead of being riven and fractured, by what Russian did. Let it create division, you're working to further Russia's Job #1.