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To: Methos8
and note that the totals given in the OP show that outside of Philly, both candidates picked up about the same:

Trump 2,961,875-2,912,941 = gain of 48,936 =3630 in philly, 45,300 outside

Clinton 2,915,440 - 2,844,705 = gain of 70,735 = 23,478 in philly, 47,257 outside.

The "gain" in philly is about 6-1 for Clinton, which is about what the original count was. Gain in all areas is probably provisionals, late absentees, etc.

43 posted on 12/01/2016 11:01:18 AM PST by BohDaThone
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To: BohDaThone

Right, was going to post something similar. The numbers seem a bit shocking, initially, by having a 22K gain for Clinton. However, I take it as good news. These were not “found” ballots. They were provisional ballots, absentee, etc. There were 5-6 late reporting counties/cities in high Democrat areas in PA. That is probably not a conspiracy but simply a matter of high population areas taking longer to count votes. And, my understanding is that this is why Jill Stein could petition these 5-6 counties separately—because they did report later. And as we saw yesterday, one of the counties (Montgomery) had a judge dismiss her recount request.

Also shows they have carefully considered all the ballots submitted on election night and there are fewer now to consider if PA does go to recount.

PA would not have been called on election night had there been enough outstanding ballots to change the outcome. But, that is probably why they did take so long to call it on election night/early the next morning. They wanted to make sure the margin was great enough to overcome the outstanding provisionals and absentees.


53 posted on 12/01/2016 11:13:18 AM PST by cmt21
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