I mean, election fuckery is a time honored American tradition, all over the world. And neither party is above doing vote suppression when it serves their interest.
Add in the fact that the way we do elections is riddled with vulnerabilities, outdated and overly complicated processes-certainly not impossible for fraudulent events and mistakes to happen. Even Last week tonight did a piece on that, so it’s not exactly a secret conspiracy.
The level of voter fraud trumpies are alleging is pretty wild though. The problems with how we vote lend themselves to repressed turnout, suppression of ideas and truths and votes, but it’s so complicated that some vast systemic fraud would be difficult to accomplish without being discovered.
I think what is more important is that the process, for so many reasons, feels illegitimate, to voters across the spectrum. Whether their reasons for that are accurate is less impactful long term than the impact permanent loss of trust will have.
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I originally thought the Dems were not functional enough to rig it.
Then they lost the senate. I am convinced they totally tried to ratfuck it and buggled it. They probably would have won the white house/senate if they just left things alone.
Not impossible but I doubt it. It doesn't serve me to believe that they did or speculate anyway. Boring answer, I know.
If they used any different means than normal... it would be very silly.
People were freaking out over 2016 and then spent the last 4 years talking about Trump/Republicans being an existential threat during actual physical existential threats to actual human beings. This election is going to be poured over with a fine toothed comb.
I doubt there was any substantial voter fraud. It’s statistically pretty rare based on some study I saw and am too lazy to link. Google can find it I’m sure.
But I’m all for investigating the claims. The democratic process is important and there’s nothing bad to come of investigating claims of vote fraud.
It won’t change anything or keep orange man In the White House. But they can investigate all they want.
