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Sympthsical

(11,127 posts)
4. As others have already pointed out, his claims are shaky
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 01:23 PM
Nov 2024

For example, where is that 350,000 number for North Carolina coming from? He states:

North Carolina is the most extreme. The public results indicate over 350K voters cast a ballot for Trump and no other race making up over 11% of Trump’s voters in NC drop off votes or bullet ballots.


We have access to the State Board of Elections results.

https://er.ncsbe.gov/

5,590,196 votes for governor. (https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2024&county_id=0&office=COS&contest=1180)
5,697,722 votes for president. (https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2024&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=1393)
5,722,556 total ballots were cast in the North Carolina election.

Just there alone you have a 1.9% difference - a far cry from the staggering 11% claim being made.

Did Spoonamore pull this number out of thin air? He makes no attempt to explain where his figures are originating. (And I suspect full transparency of facts, sources, and methods is not about to be the point here).

This is easily checked stuff.

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I agree. nt BootinUp Nov 2024 #1
To add a bit more text from Stephen Spoonamore's substack. Worth a complete read. erronis Nov 2024 #2
CEO's and CTO's can react emotionally and without sound judgement, lol. imho. BootinUp Nov 2024 #3
As others have already pointed out, his claims are shaky Sympthsical Nov 2024 #4
Thank you for the links. Is 1.9% in line with non-swing states? nt SunSeeker Nov 2024 #8
You don't understand the 11% is the "bullet" ballot difference. crit thinker Nov 2024 #10
Welcome to DUI guess. GP6971 Nov 2024 #11
Here's a question for you: onenote Nov 2024 #15
Here is your probable cause crit thinker Nov 2024 #18
Comparing with House of Representative votes is not a reliable method greensteves Nov 2024 #19
Do you know what a relative percentage is? crit thinker Nov 2024 #20
That's odd. Except for a few special elections and appointments, their seats are on the ballot every two years. marble falls Nov 2024 #27
I found the same thing creeksneakers2 Nov 2024 #24
Evidence is required Progressive dog Nov 2024 #5
Here is what the the "probable cause" for the need for a recount: crit thinker Nov 2024 #13
why would you only count major party votes? EdmondDantes_ Nov 2024 #14
That is meaningless Progressive dog Nov 2024 #16
Limiting analysis to Republican & Democratic votes is inaccurate greensteves Nov 2024 #22
I totaled all the votes for all the candidates creeksneakers2 Nov 2024 #25
Duty to warn letter Tyranee098 Nov 2024 #6
I did read it and printed out some copies for Mike 03 Nov 2024 #7
My take on it is this: B.See Nov 2024 #9
The author's hypothesis of election theft can be easily proven. crit thinker Nov 2024 #12
There aren't 350,000 SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2024 #21
Spoonamore made that up creeksneakers2 Nov 2024 #26
I don't understand why you aren't all calling your legislators about this! mimitabby Nov 2024 #17
He has been throughly discredited by several folks here, armed with only simple math. The spoon guy is full of it. tritsofme Nov 2024 #23
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