2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDoes anyone else remember Detroit Free Press paper calling state for Hillary election night?
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I was thinking of that today and I'm pretty sure I saw headlines that the paper had called the state for Hillary. Then it just went away. I'm not saying there was a CT or anything, but it is just odd.
triron
(22,240 posts)but if true perhaps because of exit polls which showed her winning by about 4% I believe.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)Nice try, though.
Chitown Kev
(2,197 posts)...not the calling of one state
Chitown Kev
(2,197 posts)The Detroit Free Press called Michigan for Hillary at 9:18 pm Election Night
http://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2016/11/09/breaking-bad-freep-called-michigan-for-clinton-at-918-pm
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adigal
(7,581 posts)putitinD
(1,551 posts)from Detroit and Flint. But the Republican machine that runs Michigan stopped them from being counted. Michigan uses paper ballots that are machine counted. They had problems with the machines jamming that read the ballots. They could have hand counted them.
former9thward
(33,424 posts)The rest is CT stuff. BTW, news flash, the Democratic Party runs elections in Detroit and Flint not the Republicans.
putitinD
(1,551 posts)former9thward
(33,424 posts)From start to finish. Don't try and confuse people with the later re-count.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)I've been a DUer. An observer would say what a bunch of fuckin crybabies, they can never admit they lost an election. Accorsing to DU, we win 100% of our elections.
Now, i'm not discounting voter suppression efforts, gerrymandering, ect. But for the GOP to pull off what is alleged would require such a large conspiracy there's no way everyone would keep their mouths shut, and it doesn't explain why they would be able tonsteal every election but then just happen to allow obama to win twice in a row...