Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Election Recount?

Have you heard?  They are going to recount the Presidential election results in Wisconsin, and perhaps Michigan and Pennsylvania.   Donald Trump is not happy about it either.  I'm wondering what he is so concerned about.  Generally, I'm not a fan of recounts but something is not smelling right about this past election and I fully support a recount.  I'm not expecting the results to change but I do want some peace of mind knowing that we do have the right person sitting in the White House (unlike in the 2000 election).

Lets take a look at some of the evidence:
  • Hillary Clinton's popular vote lead is climbing towards 2.5 million votes.  That's unprecedented for someone who lost the electoral college.  
  • All of the polls prior to the election had Hillary Clinton with a clear path to victory.  Not just a few of the polls, all of them.  Statistically, what are the chances of someone winning all of the polls then losing the actual election?  It can't be too high.  
  • Exit polls showed a clear edge to Hillary Clinton.  Doesn't it seem odd that when people left the polling places they indicated that they had voted for Hillary Clinton then when the votes were counted Donald Trump actually came out on top?  
  • Russian hackers were actively attacking the Democratic party and state election sites.  How is it out of the question that they could have hacked a few state sites and implanted some malware that change the votes then destruct after the vote had been counted?   Edward Snowden thinks it's possible and plausible.  Anomalies have been found too. 
  • There have been rumors of a Trump server communicating directly with Russia.  Isn't it a bit odd that the Trump team was communicating directly with a nation that we know has been hacking our elections?   
Add all of the above together and isn't there a compelling case to support a vote recount?   I think so. 

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