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Do Not Buy Bad Arguments about Election Fraud. Most of the theories of election misconduct, even if proven, would not change the vote totals enough to overturn the outcome.
National Review ^ | November 11, 2020 | Dan McLaughlin

Posted on 11/11/2020 1:37:40 PM PST by karpov

There’s a lot going around right now among disappointed Republicans about fraudulent or illegal behavior by Democrats in the 2020 election. Donald Trump and his most vocal supporters claim that the election was stolen. There is a disconnect here: Most of the theories of election misconduct, even if proven, would not change the vote totals enough to overturn the outcome. That does not mean that Republicans and conservatives should roll over and do nothing, but we should temper our expectations and not go chasing rumors and conspiracy theories without evidence. The goal should be to unearth genuine misconduct, expose it to the sunlight, and prevent its repetition.

Seven states were decided by less than three percentage points. Biden leads the counted votes in six of them (the other being North Carolina). Trump would need to flip 37 electoral votes in order to force an Electoral College tie, or 38 in order to be declared the winner. That means three states — four if Nevada is one and Pennsylvania isn’t. There is no precedent for anything like this, requiring a shift of over 47,000 votes to change the outcomes in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin and send the election to the House, or over 74,000 to flip Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. The margin in Michigan alone is a daunting 146,137 votes, a far cry from the 537-vote margin in Florida in 2000.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: danmclaughlin; doestrumpknow; ga; giulianidisagrees; nationalreview; nevertrumper; pearls; phonetrumpplease; somuchwinning
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To: karpov

Dims are not capable of gracefully accepting loss


41 posted on 11/11/2020 1:56:44 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: hanamizu

These dishonest, integrity-free, lefty degenerates are doubling-down on their pathetic dishonesty. Hopefully, they will all be held to account one way or another for their ongoing perfidy.


42 posted on 11/11/2020 1:57:26 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: Hildy

They are all using this language even Tucker threw in that type of wording.

What about the flipped votes that were found in Mich (I think) last Friday 6600 that flipped the county back to Trump and a council seat was reversed that was just one county
that was hand recounted because of the errors. So if they recounted by hand it could happen because it has. they had urged all 47 counites to recount by hand.


43 posted on 11/11/2020 1:57:34 PM PST by funfan
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To: karpov
The issue should not be whether we can account for the whole margin. No, if we can establish a pattern of misconduct, sufficient to put the result logically in question, will the Courts stay the certification to go deeper into the investigation and order a re-canvass in afflicted areas to remove the mischief and stigma.
44 posted on 11/11/2020 1:59:01 PM PST by Ohioan
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To: Hildy

Hey NR: but it did change enough to affect the winner of the state.

Do you think the Dems would submit just enough ballot stuffing to FALL SHORT of the total they needed?
It was just enough ballot stuffing in each state to put Biden over the top.

And how much ballot fraud is not enough ballot fraud?

Do insurance companies ignore insurance fraud because there’s always a little of it?

Does the IRS ignore tax fraud because there’s not enough of it to change the federal budget deficit?

What if people subscribed to the NR and didn’t pay their subscription (subscription fraud?)?
Bill Buckley is spinning


45 posted on 11/11/2020 1:59:15 PM PST by TheGreatFazool (The Great Fazool)
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To: karpov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQsSIaF0zXY


46 posted on 11/11/2020 2:00:05 PM PST by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: karpov

LOL - “Most”


47 posted on 11/11/2020 2:00:56 PM PST by Ingtar
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To: karpov

National Review is the voice of the Republican Party Establishment.

Get bent.


48 posted on 11/11/2020 2:01:46 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Vaquero
No sheet!!

Bill was a National Treasure...

49 posted on 11/11/2020 2:02:35 PM PST by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: Nifty

I guess it’s an acceptable amount of fraud if it doesn’t change the initial determination, and an unacceptable amount of fraud if it would change the initial determination.

Which means the initial determination or “projected winner” is more important than the truth.


50 posted on 11/11/2020 2:03:01 PM PST by olivia3boys
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To: Nifty

I guess it’s an acceptable amount of fraud if it doesn’t change the initial determination, and an unacceptable amount of fraud if it would change the initial determination.

Which means the initial determination or “projected winner” is more important than the truth.


51 posted on 11/11/2020 2:03:01 PM PST by olivia3boys
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To: karpov

Danny boy.....Trump got MILLIONS more votes than your guy.


52 posted on 11/11/2020 2:04:32 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: karpov

The even greater danger than the steal of this election, which the cruise directors at National Review and the other quisling Republicans and never-Trumpers are too stupid to understand, is that if is allowed to succeed now, it will only get worse in the future.

Democrats will be in control so there will be no desire for election reform. Hell, it will only expand because it was so successful.

More states will start mail in voting, there will be no purging of voter lists, more Soros bought election officials will run elections, more democrat voters will be created with immigration, gerrymandering, the media will become unrestrained in acting as propaganda arms of the democrat party.

The success of the stolen election will be that more states under corrupt voting structures will follow California And Virginia as irreversibly single-party democrat states, with guaranteed electoral votes for democrat presidents and only democrats as candidates for statewide offices under top-two primary election rules.

Just contemplate that - In California, there are no Republican candidates on statewide ballots. You only get to choose which of two socialist democrats you want. And after this election, that is coming to your state.


53 posted on 11/11/2020 2:06:32 PM PST by oldbill
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To: karpov

Do not buy bad arguments from National Review! I can’t wait for their next gem, “The Conservative Case for Accepting Voting Fraud.”


54 posted on 11/11/2020 2:08:58 PM PST by Cecily
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To: karpov

Garbage the evidence proves otherwise!


55 posted on 11/11/2020 2:09:18 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: hanamizu

You have No idea how many fraudulent votes were cast in your state......I have no idea in Florida either, but you Bet there were plenty...just not enough to throw it to Biden.


56 posted on 11/11/2020 2:11:03 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: karpov

Do not buy anything this clown says


57 posted on 11/11/2020 2:12:34 PM PST by drypowder
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To: NEMDF

“Here is my question: What is the acceptable amount of voter fraud? When is it too much?”

You’re right, this will not compute with the left. For example, the Mayor of Chicago has said that the homicide figures are “unacceptable” - whereas until the recent spike, they were apparently acceptable.

I suppose that a fraud level of zero is darned near impossible, but it should be a goal. And at least it should be even-handed fraud!


58 posted on 11/11/2020 2:13:37 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.l)
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To: karpov

The goal should be to unearth genuine misconduct, expose it to the sunlight, and prevent its repetition and overturn this election to the rightful winner!!!


59 posted on 11/11/2020 2:13:45 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: karpov

A smug horse’s ass who thinks he knows the truth. He knows nothing about how criminal the left is.


60 posted on 11/11/2020 2:14:07 PM PST by jmaroneps37
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