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Demographics, Not Hacking, Explain The Election Results (538)
« on: November 23, 2016, 07:40:14 pm »
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/demographics-not-hacking-explain-the-election-results/


According to a report Tuesday in New York Magazine, a group of computer scientists and election lawyers have approached the Hillary Clinton campaign with evidence they believe suggests the election might have been hacked to make it appear that Donald Trump won the Electoral College when Clinton really did. The hacking claim appears to be based on concerns about tampering with electronic voting machines. We’ve looked into the claim — or at least, our best guess of what’s being claimed based on what has been reported — and statistically, it doesn’t check out.