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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Just look at one county in PA and its just mind blowing and shocking... the results are very shady [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)33. Looks even more odd when you look at the elections for state assembly in that county
Democratic candidates for assembly outperformed their Republican counterparts by around 18,000 votes. So you would have to believe a massive amount of folks voted Democratic for state assembly and then voted Trump.
It's not impossible by any means, but it warrants a very deep look.
On edit, here are all the results for that county: http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/ENR_New/General/CountyResults?countyName=Luzerne&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=G&IsActive=undefined
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Just look at one county in PA and its just mind blowing and shocking... the results are very shady [View all]
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
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Yes I read that part but that seems to me as anecdotal... suddenly huge number of Obama voters
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#4
2008 years was exceptional year so when we should consider turnout "O" factor must be considered...
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#13
I mean Obama won 2012 by 18k votes and HRC lost by 26k votes... 20 % to be exact... this kind
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#6
As of the 2010 census, the county was 90.7% White, 3.4% Black or African American
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#14
It could be hacked, it could not be hacked, or, like the dominant theme seems to be,
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#18
Luzerne was large enough county to make a difference... its one thing that R's were all fired up but
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#20
Here is the head of the Democratic party for Luzerne County, contact him
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#25
Yes ... I also saw that... if the switch was real and jobs was the real reason ... then we know how
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#26
I dont know what else to say other than a huge amount of USA white people are blind,
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#27
Yes this is all true.and all we can hope if Trump Kids get him in senses ... that is the only hope
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#31
If that all explained it, you would expect to see it reflected in the state assembly elections for
stevenleser
Nov 2016
#34
fair point, I suggest you contact the Democratic Party in the county to follow up
Grey Lemercier
Nov 2016
#35
Unfortunately, I read that 80% of PA uses electronic machines that have no paper trail
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#19
I mean HRC lost every precint in this county ... no way this kind of shift can happen
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#21
Yes I read about this... I know there was enthusiam for Trump but 18k becomes -26k in a county
MyNameIsKhan
Nov 2016
#23
Looks even more odd when you look at the elections for state assembly in that county
stevenleser
Nov 2016
#33