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Hestia

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20. Which suspiciously lines up with this article

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2017, 10:55 PM

Jan 2017

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/big-data-cambridge-analytica-brexit-trump

Cambridge Analytica, however, divided the US population into 32 personality types, and focused on just 17 states. And just as Kosinski had established that men who like MAC cosmetics are slightly more likely to be gay, the company discovered that a preference for cars made in the US was a great indication of a potential Drumpf voter. Among other things, these findings now showed Drumpf which messages worked best and where. The decision to focus on Michigan and Wisconsin in the final weeks of the campaign was made on the basis of data analysis. The candidate became the instrument for implementing a big data model.

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Sean Spicer makes it official: No voter fraud in Philadelphia, Milwaukee or Detroit [View all] Eugene Jan 2017 OP

Voter fraud only occurred in states where the short fingered vulgar buffoon lost etherealtruth Jan 2017 #1

That is one spicy meatball. No wonder he gives me indigestion. /nt rzemanfl Jan 2017 #2

So... those are the cities we should look at for Trump tampered votes against Hillary then? Lucinda Jan 2017 #3

This actually amazes me. The blizzard of dRumpf repug b s is so heavy Mc Mike Jan 2017 #4

PA, WI, MI, and OH are exactly the places that need to be investigated groundloop Jan 2017 #6

Agreed that these states need investigation. Mc Mike Jan 2017 #13

78,000 votes Loge23 Jan 2017 #5

Not even enough to fill the Rose Bowl in Pasadena... VOX Jan 2017 #9

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #12

Everyone who voted against him will be declared illegal IronLionZion Jan 2017 #7

Liar. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #8

Of course not - those were states Drumpf won. haele Jan 2017 #10

Okay back that truck up cabbage breath Peacetrain Jan 2017 #11

Meaning if we audit we will find that votes were not counted in those places that tended to kimbutgar Jan 2017 #14

How about election fraud? They_Live Jan 2017 #15

That, my friend, is why they will drop this whole thing as fast as they can. Bozvotros Jan 2017 #16

I was in on the vote recount in Michigan until they shut us down erinlough Jan 2017 #17

Thank you for your participation! catrose Jan 2017 #18

True: there was probably not VOTER fraud in any of those states Bettie Jan 2017 #19

Which suspiciously lines up with this article Hestia Jan 2017 #20

Read this weekend DK504 Jan 2017 #21