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1.69% voted less than 2%...in PR (Original Post) bkkyosemite Jun 2016 OP
Yeah, right. You guys cried fraud in PR last Friday before they voted. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
Has the thought occurred to you that should Clinton be running against Trump in November, come Cal33 Jun 2016 #8
i don't think there is anything we can do for a group of people that keep making stuff up MariaThinks Jun 2016 #26
You know, I always wondered why Democrats would not raise a stink in re to election fraud notadmblnd Jun 2016 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Cal33 Jun 2016 #10
Your link doesn't work firebrand80 Jun 2016 #2
"Sorry, this content isn't available right now" brooklynite Jun 2016 #3
Allow gangs to hang-out near the entrances... scscholar Jun 2016 #4
How did they determine which areas were more in favor of Bernie? onenote Jun 2016 #5
The link works for me. Perhaps you need to be logged into FB...but it is 1.69% total votes. bkkyosemite Jun 2016 #6
Nonsense. Beacool Jun 2016 #7
Oh, is that how elections work now? I guess they should have closed all the polls then. MinnesotaRob Jun 2016 #11
Don't be silly, you know that's not what I meant. Beacool Jun 2016 #12
Maybe she would have, and I'm sure you believe that she would have... MinnesotaRob Jun 2016 #25
What was turnout on 2008? RandySF Jun 2016 #9
Population of PR is 3,598,357 Those voting 2016 were 60,617 1.69% and they no bkkyosemite Jun 2016 #13
What percentage of registered voters is that though? That's not how you count turnout. ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #16
Wrong forum, please repost. tritsofme Jun 2016 #14
Can we even call this creative? NCTraveler Jun 2016 #24
Why is it only fraud if Bernie loses? Tarc Jun 2016 #15
Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #17
Breitbart? Dem2 Jun 2016 #22
The whining every time Bernie loses a primary is tiresome. Ace Rothstein Jun 2016 #18
It's become a Chicken Little syndrome Renew Deal Jun 2016 #19
"they closed voting places that they knew the voters were more in favor of Bernie" Dem2 Jun 2016 #20
Your ops are most uplifting. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #21
Link? Nt NCTraveler Jun 2016 #23
puerto rico voters were poorly treated Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #28
 

Cal33

(7,018 posts)
8. Has the thought occurred to you that should Clinton be running against Trump in November, come
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:35 PM
Jun 2016

Election Time, the Republicans will be doing to the Clinton people what the Clinton people are now
doing to the Sanders people? My guess is that you be will fight back, an eye for an eye, a tooth
for a tooth -- but there are more Republican states than Democratic ones. Still, fighting back will be helpful.

MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)
26. i don't think there is anything we can do for a group of people that keep making stuff up
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:37 PM
Jun 2016

Bernie's people asked for fewer polling stations due to a lack of volunteers. Given his poor results, this is plausible.

Anecdotally, Bernie is a protest candidate - never a democrat before he ran. Hillary had an approval rating 60+ before the gop admittedly made stuff up to bring her ratings down. I think Bernie has done better than he was expected to, so the chances of fraud in his favor are greater than fraud helping Hillary.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
27. You know, I always wondered why Democrats would not raise a stink in re to election fraud
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:39 PM
Jun 2016

I've come to the conclusion they did not complain because they wanted to employee the same methods at some point down the road.

But you know what? Republicans are the masters of election fraud and when they fuck over Hillary and Donald takes office, I bet you a dozen donuts that the wailing and gnashing of teeth that will occur here will be enough to drive a pack of dogs insane.

Response to tonyt53 (Reply #1)

brooklynite

(94,602 posts)
3. "Sorry, this content isn't available right now"
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:16 PM
Jun 2016

Compelling evidence indeed...maybe the CLINTON CAMPAIGN took it down!

 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
4. Allow gangs to hang-out near the entrances...
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:17 PM
Jun 2016

then people will be afraid to vote. It's all part of the plan.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
7. Nonsense.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jun 2016

If there had been 3,000 voting locations, Hillary would have still won big. PR is Clinton country.

 

MinnesotaRob

(53 posts)
11. Oh, is that how elections work now? I guess they should have closed all the polls then.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:51 PM
Jun 2016

No point in opening any polls if she was going to win big either way.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
12. Don't be silly, you know that's not what I meant.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:55 PM
Jun 2016

My point is that regardless of how many voting locations were available, Hillary would have handily won PR.


 

MinnesotaRob

(53 posts)
25. Maybe she would have, and I'm sure you believe that she would have...
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:34 PM
Jun 2016

and I don't even know that I disagree with you, but without fair elections to verify what we think or believe we only have a faith-based election system where we can only believe the results, we cannot ever know the results.

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)
13. Population of PR is 3,598,357 Those voting 2016 were 60,617 1.69% and they no
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 01:56 PM
Jun 2016

longer show the totals on the Green Papers page down at the bottom.

ContinentalOp

(5,356 posts)
16. What percentage of registered voters is that though? That's not how you count turnout.
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:01 PM
Jun 2016

You shouldn't include children, etc. in that number, only eligible voters or registered voters. It's not surprising that turnout is low, considering that their votes don't actually count in the GE.

edit: never mind, you're right. it's quite low. Looks like the number of registered voters is something like 2.8 million, and the turnout in the 2008 primaries was in the hundreds of thousands.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
24. Can we even call this creative?
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:11 PM
Jun 2016

While a complete lack of thought can often present itself as being creative, creative it is not.

Response to bkkyosemite (Original post)

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
20. "they closed voting places that they knew the voters were more in favor of Bernie"
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:07 PM
Jun 2016








Stop it! I'm trying to get some work done!

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
28. puerto rico voters were poorly treated
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:56 PM
Jun 2016

that includes both Sanders and Clinton voters

since Clinton is winning in every voting district...its difficult to see how the result would be different
we don't know if the spread would increase or decrease since we don't know exactly where voters gave up attempting to vote

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