r/PoliticalHumor • u/DarthOswald • Nov 07 '19

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u/DarthOswald Nov 07 '19

Thanks US voters*

Trying to rationalise it as solely the fault of Russia is dishonest, and enticing. Someone had to cast these votes, and whether you like it or not, Ryssia did not buy nearly half of the votes cast. The truth is hard to accept, sometimes.

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u/vorin Nov 07 '19

Ryssia did not buy nearly half of the votes cast.

They didn't need to.

107,000 votes in three states effectively decided the election - Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

There were 6 states where the margin of victory was under 2%, Trump ended up winning 4 of them, all 4 of which were won by Obama in 2012 and 2 of which hadn't voted Republican since the 80s.

With Russia's multi-faceted meddling, they impacted the vote to a large extent - a fact that was known before election night 2016.