It’s a bit more complicated than this piece makes it appear, Jesse Richman has been been complaining for years that his research has been misrepresented for political gain.. but not by the left:
“Trump and others have been misreading our research and exaggerating our results to make claims we don’t think our research supports. I’m not sure why they continue to do it, but there’s not much I can do about that aside from set the record straight.”
Can’t post the link here, but you google the full account up at “WIRED MAGAZINE AND Author of Trump’s Favorite Voter Fraud Study Says Everyone’s Wrong”
And please don’t shoot *me*, I’m just the messenger on this one.
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The main reason all this matters, IMO, is that if you believe that there has been massive voter fraud bu non-citizens (and after extensive reading about this, I’ve yet to find any credible evidence that is the case, and lot’s that it’s not) , than you let yourself off the hook if you underperform at the ballot box (”They stole it!”) instead of asking yourself how to improve you policies or your messaging.
From the article:
“The most frequent journalistic synopsis of Mr. Richman’s studies is that 38,000 to as many as 2.8 million noncitizens voted in the 2008 presidential election.
“I agree with the authors of the letter that the upper end of this interval may have played an unfortunate role in the president’s rhetoric,” Mr. Richman wrote. “I have, as noted above, attempted to push back against this. I will continue to do so as I think it is important that people not get fooled by an extreme upper end estimate that is almost certainly way way way too high.””
“Separate from the CCES study, a 2013 National Hispanic Survey found that 13 percent of noncitizen Hispanics said they were registered to vote. Within the margin of error, that percentage could mean that 800,000 to 2.2 million noncitizen Hispanics are registered, based on U.S. Census Bureau statistics for that demographic, a nonprofit research group told The Washington Times.”
Mr. Richmond's research based on the 2008 election showed a significant number of non-citizens voted.
His survey was based on a questionnaire and there was a large range in his estimate.
A more recent survey showed the range between .8 million and 2.2 million.
The simple truth is we know that non citizens vote. There are no procedural checks in place to stop them from entering the country or from voting. What we do not know with certainty is how many vote. the most recent estimate was between .8 and 2.2 million.
Add to this other voter fraud by Democrats and the Clinton popular vote margin is minimized.
We simply do not know but we need to find out. There should be an immediate and thorough investigation into the extent of voter fraud in U.S. elections.
We also need to set up procedures to prevent future voter fraud as soon as possible.