Michael Moore's claim was actually correct

[dsc]

I deleted my thread. His claim was about Flint not Michigan as a whole and he was right about Flint.

http://www.gc4me.com/departments/county_clerks1/docs/Elections/201611/16NOVGEN.Fed.State.pdf

http://www.gc4me.com/departments/county_clerks1/docs/Elections/201603/16MARPRI.CANVASS.pdf

top link is Nov, bottom is March. To verify you will need a calculator and some time but he is right.

[OilemFirchen]

1. Huh?

I'll repeat my post on that thread:

He was talking about Detroit, IIRC.

And he was embarrassingly wrong.

Here are the number of Democratic Primary and Clinton GE votes for Detroit:

Primary: 60,375
General Election (Clinton / Kaine): 234,871

He was likely looking at the Primary results, which shows two columns: Total Votes (60,375) and Election Day (35,930). It's possible that he confused "Election Day" with general election results, while, in fact, that column shows only the primary votes on primary election day. The Total Votes (primary) includes absentee and early voting.

It's the only explanation I can conjure up and, yes, he is that craven. Or stupid. Or both.

PDFs are available here.

[dsc]

4. No he was discussing Flint not Detroit

[OilemFirchen]

6. You are correct.

He also stated that the primary was in April. It wasn't.

Where are the numbers for Flint?

[dsc]

7. see op

[demmiblue]

2. How did you come to this conclusion?

I only briefly scanned the thread before I trashed it (I usually try to stay out of the DU drama llama threads).

Edit: I am not calling you a drama llama... I am referring to how certain threads seem to play out.

[demmiblue]

5. OK, I see that you edited the OP.

I wonder if all the other posters from your deleted thread will acknowledge this post.

[OilemFirchen]

3. Here are the final Michigan numbers from the NYT:

Democratic Primary: 1,194,643 votes.
Clinton / Kaine: 2,268,839 votes.