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Texas Becoming Blue and its Impact

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Haymitch, Jul 21, 2016.

  1. NewRoxFan

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    'course, I am sure you have verifiable stats on election fraud since in Wisconsin they found only seven cases among three million votes cast and in Iowa they found zero (after a two year investigation).
     
  2. Amiga

    Amiga 10 years ago...
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    There is virtually no voter fraud. But the perception is there is widespread voter fraud, especially from the Right.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/upshot/vote-fraud-is-rare-but-myth-is-widespread.html

    This was for Wisconsin. Ever since, there is more data that indicate the same.
     
  3. Kim

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    That type of voter fraud, even if existent, would be so inefficient. It'd be more cost effective to just buy votes.
     
  4. Amiga

    Amiga 10 years ago...
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    I think so. In person voter fraud is so ineffective to be of any scale. Absentee ballot would make a lot more sense. But even there isn't much of any evidence of fraud through absentee ballot.
     
  5. bigtexxx

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    Texas is a long way from being Blue, and it's not a given that the Hispanic voters will vote Blue. Actually the more generations removed they are, my guess is the more likely they are to vote Red.
     

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