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Combine modern polling data/models with these exploits and the hackers would only have to target a dozen counties(?) to change the outcome of the presidential e
by 538Hack 8y ago
Combine modern polling data/models with these exploits and the hackers would only have to target a dozen counties(?) to change the outcome of the presidential election because of the how the Electoral College works.
( This is a guess. Trump won in 2016 by 107k votes across 3 states - inside those states how many counties were actually "swingy"? https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/swing-state-margins/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-electi...)