Posted on 11/27/2016 1:31:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The Wisconsin vote in the presidential election is undergoing a recount. Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who requested the Wisconsin recount, also has raised funds for a recount in Pennsylvania and is seeking more funds for one in Michigan and possibly other states. Could the recounts possibly change the outcome in any of the states? Not if they go anything like statewide recounts over the last 16 years.
Recounts typically don’t swing enough votes to change the winner. Out of 4,687 statewide general elections between 2000 and 2015, just 27 were followed by recounts, according to data compiled by FairVote, a nonpartisan group that researches elections and promotes electoral reform. Just three of those 27 recounts resulted in a change in the outcome, all leading to wins for Democrats: Al Franken’s win in Minnesota’s 2008 U.S. Senate race, Thomas M. Salmon’s win in Vermont’s 2006 auditor election and Christine Gregoire’s win in Washington’s 2004 gubernatorial race.
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Nah! I am a conservative libertarian. You need to learn to take care of yourself.
No, it hasbeen proven that the media made that ststement up as he never said it.
thanks for this tidbit of info.
HILLARY PROVES SHE CAN'T FIGHT FAIR
WHAT A SORE LOSER/ LOSER
Dems STOLE the Washington governership with 3 recounts
It’s not a recount.
It is a “post-election, fraudulent vote insertion operation”
And Nevada and Colorado.
Super!
it won’t change winner of election but it will change many people’s views of politicians, leaders, voting, etc, etc
-— YOU wrote : “There is no way that this recount is going to change anything.”
And?
While I see your point, I look at it this way:
Think for a moment how poorly Hillary really did. On the day she announced her candidacy, a year and a half ago, she had NY, CA, and IL in her pocket. No effort, no money to spend, these were automatic EVs for her that totalled up to 104. She started with that. Yes, she had some NE states locked, and Trump had a few (MT, WY, ID) but the NE and Trump’s were a wash, so Hillary really started with a 104 advantage, meaning she only needed to campaign to win 166 to make the magic 270, while Trump’s campaign need to win the full 270.
At the end of it all, she only “won” 128 electoral votes (ending up at 232) and Trump “won” 306. He outperformed her by two and one-half times in the campaign. A complete rout.
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