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Orsino

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15. Any number of fixes were in.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2017, 12:24 PM

Feb 2017

I doubt that Russian interference was the most important factor, but think it unlikely that we will ever know for sure. From gerrymandeting to dark money to free airtime to voter apathy to voter suppression to sexism to racism, we can point a lot of fingers.

That we can't analyze votes after the fact may be the single biggest guarantor of a Big Money victory. But I dunno, and They don't want me to know.

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A very simple poll about the election outcome [View all] NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 OP

Kick for visibility. If you vote, kick or it will sink. rzemanfl Feb 2017 #1

Hey NRL ! Planted some heirlooms last weekend - thinking of you :) Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2017 #2

Hey there - I've got a few thousand seedlings enjoying our extraordinary warmth... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #9

I don't even understand the options. What does "the fix was in-Russia" mean? KittyWampus Feb 2017 #3

for me- combo of AI fake news and some number manipulations. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #7

Your poll is invalid then. Russia colluding with Trump and hacking DNC is totally KittyWampus Feb 2017 #8

This, Russian stealing of emails was a factor but I don't believe the vote itself was hacked Amishman Feb 2017 #14

We seem so far to be pretty much in agreement... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author KittyWampus Feb 2017 #6

K & R Lifelong Protester Feb 2017 #5

K&R 2naSalit Feb 2017 #10

kicking - stunning results so far NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #11

Stolen by treasonous Russian-Trump campaign collusion! ElementaryPenguin Feb 2017 #12

There were many factors at play and I don't think we can simply point to a particular one... trotsky Feb 2017 #13

Any number of fixes were in. Orsino Feb 2017 #15