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Most of these claims are easily debunked. Wisconsin[1] and Michigan had turnout in the low 70s, not close to 100% as claimed. Turnout was high, but only a few

Most of these claims are easily debunked. Wisconsin[1] and Michigan had turnout in the low 70s, not close to 100% as claimed. Turnout was high, but only a few points higher than recent years. There legitimately are some batches of votes where Biden got close to 100% of the votes due to segregation and mail-in votes being counted separately. The mail-in votes in a predominately black area should be expected to be close to 100% for Biden. It would be suspicious if they weren't. [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/05/fact-check-wisconsin-voter-turnout-line-past-elections/6176028002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/05/fac... [2] https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/05/michigan-election-2020-live-updates-biden-peters-win-michigan/6169303002/ https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/...

sergioro 6y ago
> The mail-in votes in a predominately black area should be expected to be close to 100% for Biden. It would be suspicious if they weren't. Consider that Trump won the largest share of non-white voters of any Republican in 60 years, including historic numbers of Latino and African Americans. [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-election/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-pres... [2] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-men-drifted-democrats-toward-trump-record-numbers-polls-show-n1246447 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-men-drifted-democr...
- xref 6y ago
  You’re moving the goalposts all over the place but sure, Trump/Republicans made some inroads with PoC in certain areas (Miami-dade, south Texas) and lost it elsewhere (Arizona) but your own links don’t describe it as “historic”: > Eighty percent of Black men supported Joe Biden, down slightly from Hilary Clinton’s 82 percent
- gamblor956 6y ago
  Yes, registered black male Republicans in conservative states in the South and Midwest voted for Trump at higher numbers. The parent comment noted that in some heavily black PA districts, there were few/no registered Republicans, and those few that were there presumably voted in person due to the GOP spending months trashtalking mail-in votes. In-person results were tabulated on Tuesday. Under recent PA law, mail-in ballots couldn't be counted before Tuesday. As Democrats generally vote mail-in in higher numbers, this meant that the mail-in ballots would be overwhelmingly Democratic with few if any Republican ballots.
- omgwtfbyobbq 6y ago
  Per your link, 80% of black men supported Biden. Given that mail in ballots have tended to be in Biden's favor, in large part because Trump asked his supporters to vote in person, I don't think it's a stretch to see almost all mail in ballots from black areas going to Biden.

sergioro 6y ago

> The mail-in votes in a predominately black area should be expected to be close to 100% for Biden. It would be suspicious if they weren't. Consider that Trump won the largest share of non-white voters of any Republican in 60 years, including historic numbers of Latino and African Americans. [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-election/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-pres... [2] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-men-drifted-democrats-toward-trump-record-numbers-polls-show-n1246447 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-men-drifted-democr...

xref 6y ago
You’re moving the goalposts all over the place but sure, Trump/Republicans made some inroads with PoC in certain areas (Miami-dade, south Texas) and lost it elsewhere (Arizona) but your own links don’t describe it as “historic”: > Eighty percent of Black men supported Joe Biden, down slightly from Hilary Clinton’s 82 percent
gamblor956 6y ago
Yes, registered black male Republicans in conservative states in the South and Midwest voted for Trump at higher numbers. The parent comment noted that in some heavily black PA districts, there were few/no registered Republicans, and those few that were there presumably voted in person due to the GOP spending months trashtalking mail-in votes. In-person results were tabulated on Tuesday. Under recent PA law, mail-in ballots couldn't be counted before Tuesday. As Democrats generally vote mail-in in higher numbers, this meant that the mail-in ballots would be overwhelmingly Democratic with few if any Republican ballots.
omgwtfbyobbq 6y ago
Per your link, 80% of black men supported Biden. Given that mail in ballots have tended to be in Biden's favor, in large part because Trump asked his supporters to vote in person, I don't think it's a stretch to see almost all mail in ballots from black areas going to Biden.