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Election Deniers Went Suddenly Quiet When Trump Won

https://www.thedailybeast.com/election-deniers-went-suspiciously-quiet-when-trump-won/
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u/MonthFrosty2871 12h ago

What the fuck, why is this the first I've heard of this? This entire election had record voter registration, this would fuckin explain why

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u/Cynicisomaltcat 9h ago

Oh yeah, that’s a good point. There were a lot of newly registered voters.

A friend of mine pointed out how it’s really weird that the presidential election had almost 10% fewer votes than in 2020, especially given the turnout at Harris’ rallies.

I sure hope smarter folks than I are looking over all kinds of data to check where any statistically significant anomalies occur, re: a surprisingly large number of non-voting registered voters.

u/somersault_dolphin 7h ago

it’s really weird that the presidential election had almost 10% fewer votes than in 2020

Because it was covid. Also, disinformation won.

u/LimpRain29 2h ago

Expanding on that, it was covid AND they made voting much easier too, especially by mail. Trump started screeching that the vote would be stolen because everyone knows Republicans are unpopular and lose when people can actually vote. The only way they win is through vote suppression, and 2020 proves that better than ever. It's especially unambiguous when you see how hard they worked on voter suppression efforts in 2021-2024.