When Trump's victory became clear, online claims of election fraud quieted

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

November 8, 2024 / 6:24 PM EST


By the time the polls opened on Election Day, baseless claims of voter fraud had been building on social media for months, fueling doubts about the integrity of the election.

Posts proliferated on X and other platforms pointing to hiccups like technical issues with voting machines, power outages and spelling errors on ballots as examples of a supposedly brewing conspiracy. And at 4:30 p.m. on Election Day, former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that there was "a lot of talk about massive cheating" in Pennsylvania — which officials said had "no factual basis whatsoever."

But as the votes were tallied and it became clear that Trump was on his way to a decisive victory, the deluge of posts questioning the integrity of the election fell to a trickle, researchers say.

"I think this shows that these narratives are pushed when they serve a purpose, and they are stage setting often for efforts to dispute unfavorable results," said Max Read, a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. "And then once that stage setting and those claims are no longer needed, they're not pushed anymore."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-victory-online-claims-election-fraud-quieted/

[Walleye]

1. MAGA disappointed, they wanted violence

[Karasu]

2. "And then once that stage setting and those claims are no longer needed, they're not pushed anymore."

This is exactly how Republicans function and have functioned for decades, well before Trump

[Bristlecone]

3. We will not hear any more about election fraud until the next cycle

[jaxexpat]

10. "......the next cycle".......or never, whichever comes first.

[CousinIT]

4. This tells us it was a ruse to give Trump a leg to stand on to contest a free & fair election

That he lost. Like all the election denial claims were in 2020. Just a ruse.

[surfered]

5. There's only fraud if they lose.

[AZ8theist]

18. We haven't heard the end of Kari Lake in Arizona yet.....

...so stay tuned.
If she loses, there was DEFINETLY FRAUD.

[surfered]

6. Why bother when he can just loot the Treasury. Who will stop him?

[mopinko]

7. this is a lie. the call is getting louder every day.

and it’s gonna stay loud until they PROVE they won.
#mathnotmathing

[NJCher]

8. Front page is a post

Asking DU-ers to track their vote. Many have and it’s not adding up.

[jaxexpat]

9. The MSM reporting claims of fraud quieting. Why? Because those citing the fraud are Democrats. Surprised?

[ificandream]

21. The MSM won't rush to report things just because they're on on social media.

They'll wait until there's something a little more substantial. It has nothing to do with the fact they're Democrats. That's using maga logic.

[Martin68]

11. Well....duh! It is just standard Trump practice to claim the election is flawed unless he wins it. Democrats don't do

that. Of course, in 2016, Trump still claimed he lost the popular vote due to immigrants voting illegally in New Hampshire.

[Hotler]

12. And when Madam VP got the nomination "Nobody is above the law." stopped being said. nt

[mwb970]

13. duh

[Lulu KC]

15. Fantasies help us get through the rough spots n/t

[Bengus81]

16. Wasn't Trump already talking about a lawsuit in Pennsylvania early--before the polls even closed?

Yeah well....that was then,this is now. Oh my....how the endless four year election "fraud" BITCHING ended so quickly. Yeah...elections are NOW legal and above board.

[intrepidity]

17. The Trump MO, tho, was to *participate* in the fraud

Just to prove it was happening. Uh...remember the "fake elector" scheme, for example?

But suddenly we should believe that didn't happen?

[milestogo]

19. Its cbsnews. My dog is a more reliable source.

He'll say whatever he has to if it means he gets a treat.

[Martin68]

20. Oh my, what a surprise.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. Election fraud and voter fraud are not the same thing.