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Originally posted by Flanders
I doubt it will make a difference though. For what it's worth, Nate Silver had a quick run-through of the situation on his twitter for those interested, he doesn't think there's a chance in hell of this going the other way. After hearing the facts I'm inclined to agree, sadly
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I'm not really sure his analysis applies here, given that what is being suggested is that the machines were tampered with and votes were changed.
I get his point about the results being realistic, taking into consideration race and class, but given the small margins involved, it's not completely ridiculous.
Also, he doesn't address the issue, which is that is being pushed for is a recount of the the paper ballots. The paper ballots in most places haven't been counted at all, because they don't need to be, and they never are unless someone requests it like Stein did.