@GrassrootsSpeak This thread compares a non-presidential year (2014) to a presidential year (2020) with the faulty (I think) suggestion that vote totals shld be similar. It omits that the Dem in 2020 also more than doubled the Dem in 2014. I’m no fan of ES&S but this analysis seems strained. 1/
@GrassrootsSpeak I’ve asked @GrassrootsSpeak a few questions along these lines. No response. Maybe I’m wrong. Dunno. But so far no one has explained why it makes sense to compare 2014 and 2020. 2/
@GrassrootsSpeak 4/ Trump 2016 vs Trump 2020 also seems irrelevant to Lindsey 2014 vs Lindsey 2020. Again, 2014 was not a presidential election so turnout would be much lower than either 2016 or 2020.
@GrassrootsSpeak 5/ I don’t know if Lindsey’s win is or isn’t legitimate. I have concerns with the type of machines that SC bought. I did not want SC to buy them. I warned about these machines nonstop for a few years. But these are separate issues from the numeric analysis in this thread.
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Example of Cherry Picking Propaganda: “Votes for Politician A DOUBLED between 2014 & 2020. Suspicious!!!”
Omitted Info: Votes for Politician B also doubled! 2014 was a midterm election, whereas 2020 was a presidential year. Presidential years always have higher turnout. 1/
Example of Cherry Picking Propaganda: “Mitch McConnell won in 2020 w/ 18% approval??? Suspicious!!!”
Omitted Info: The 18% approval number is from 2017 & thus outdated! In 2020, his approval was 39%- 44%. More important, his approval much higher than his opponent’s! 2/
Cherry picking = “zeroing in on evidence that reinforces [an] argument, & discarding evidence that doesn’t.***It usually doesn’t entail inaccurate info so much as incomplete info—facts ripped away from...context w/ other facts that wld drastically affect their interpretation.” 1/
2/ “Much like statistics, data discusses precise numbers and can sound quite authoritative. Therefore, we are more likely to instantly believe this information, rather than question it.”
3/ “Another way that true data can be made to be misleading is selecting only data points that support a certain narrative.”
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but McGrath’s approval was lower than McConnell’s & the 18% figure cited in a viral thread is from 3 years ago. Re: Lindsey Graham, comparing his turnout in 2020 to his turnout in 2014 isn’t credible. The Dem turnout more than doubled too. 1/
I’ve asked questions of the account listing these figures but received no response. Please stop directing my attention to these nonsense (in my opinion) threads. The only credible parts are concerns about the vendors and their history, which I and many others have written... 2/
“In August 2018, Nelson blew the whistle on Russia’s breach of FL voter registration systems, which the DHS (led by Republican Kirstjen Nielsen) & FBI (led by Republican Christopher Wray) had concealed from the public.” 1/
Link: link.medium.com/A3cVeRHtPfb
They confirmed Russia’s breach of Florida election systems only after Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis were declared victorious in their respective races and sworn in. It appears, however, that they would never have confirmed it but for the Mueller report confirming it first. 2/
The FBI is still led by Republican Chris Wray. In January last year, it announced a new policy that “does not include notifying members of Congress or the public when [an election] system is breached…” #FireChrisWray 3/ fcw.com/articles/2020/…
Dear lawmakers from both parties: One thing you should agree upon is the importance of AUTOMATIC robust manual election audits conducted in public. Get it together & pass laws requiring them b4 2022. If u don’t try, why shld voters believe u really care about election integrity?
Oh. And auditing just a few races in a few counties won’t cut it. Talk to @philipbstark. Thanks.
IMO, all federal races should be manually audited. And some randomly selected state & county races too.