Yes, I think Sten is right on this to a good degree.
I have seen this analysis before, on how many votes it really takes, in the right places, to swing an election. And I agree with the analysis, that it takes a lot less than the vast majority of people think.
And that has been the vector of Leftist cheating for decades. And I guarantee you, that even though I am certain Republicans have done some of that too, the overwhelmingly vast majority of election fraud has been committed by the Left.
And they haven’t been stupid about it, either.
Just as Satan’s greatest weapon is making people think that he doesn’t exist, the Left strives to make people think that election fraud doesn’t exist.
The mask is slipping though.
Even the most incurious people have to wonder why the Democrats (the Left) are against Voter ID, cleaning voter rolls, and for things like Motor Voter laws, same day voting registration, ballot harvesting, mail in balloting, election periods that now last months and can even extend beyond the specified voting day, Ranked Choice Voting, Jungle Primaries, Gerrymandering by race, and on and on.
Granted, the effects by things like Ranked Choice Voting, Jungle Primaries, and Gerrymandering by race may evade a lot of shallow, non-thinking people, but even a lot of shallow Liberals (not Leftists) are wondering “Why don’t they want to allow Voter ID???”
So I agree with the premise that a small amount of votes in the right places can swing elections, but I have concluded the closeness is not due to overall predilections of the electorate around the country as much as it is to people accepting it is that close because of the extensive, coordinated election fraud (organized, funded, and carried out by enemies of this Republic, both foreign and domestic) that has been taking place for decades (as opposed to independent, uncoordinated election fraud that has been going on since our country was founded)
The fact that the Left constantly screams that election fraud is rare and uncoordinated, and they support things that encourage election fraud and reject measures to limit it (and do that with a tenacious, screaming, unhinged tenacity and ferocity) is, to me, an absolute tell of what their actions and intentions are.
That’s if you naive enough to think our elections are 100% legit. Oh, I know. Tammany Hall was a Dem organization. They’ve been at this for quite a while.
John Madden allegedly said “don’t forget, there are THREE teams on the field every Sunday.” In turn, many coaches, after a close game where the outcome was potentially attributable to a bad call by a ref, will usually say “yeah, that was a bad call but we had plenty of opportunities to put it away but we didn’t execute.”
This applies to elections just as well.
Republicans have to overwhelm the opposing team so it doesn’t come down to a Bad Call or Tammany Hall tipping the scales.
I would LOVE for there to be fairness in politics. I would love for many pols to be doing the perp walk.
I would also love for there to be a Santa, and frankly there is a better chance that a fat man will deliver me and my family presents on Dec 25 than I’ll get a fair election.
The point of the analysis is that we have been - and will be for some time - in a close, one-score game. We need to recognize that Madden was right. Yes, of course we need reform, hawks watching mail-in ballot counting, and all that good stuff. Indeed, lightman is i]an official in PA and has some good observations a for those who want to learn.
But we also need to stop griping about the officials - yes Virginia, they cheat for the left - and absolutely destroy the opposition to life, liberty, and property in the court of public opinion.
It is not enough to philosophically and empirically obliterate their anti-capitalism and pro-gun control and pro-illegal alien bromides. We need to relentlessly stand up for truth, call out their filth, and drive the money changers from the Temple.
Trump did a lot of good work on that front from 2021-2024. He won in 2024 via gains in minorities and youngsters. And he was shot at.
But he’s term-limited. We need to red-pill more than enough voters from here on out, where the 51-yard pass interference calls don’t impact the outcome of the game.
Better yet, go full Eagles against the Chiefs.
