Daily Archives: November 11, 2020

Trump’s Party Cannot Survive in a Multiracial Democracy

Francis Wilkinson writes July 15, 2020: As Ronald Brownstein points out in a data-driven essay on Trump’s “neo-Nixonian” 2020 campaign: “Americans today are far more racially diverse, less Christian, better educated, more urbanized, and less likely to be married. In … Continue reading

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What Is Trump Playing At?

Thomas B. Edsall writes: * Sean Wilentz, a professor of history at Princeton, was outspoken: It would be not simply a major departure but a deeply dangerous one were Trump to deny the legitimacy of Biden’s election. It would be … Continue reading

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Voter Fraud: A Red Herring

From Harvard’s Kennedy School, released November 6, 2020: Proponents of stricter voting laws often claim restrictions are necessary to prevent voter fraud, but there is little evidence to support this assertion. President Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that widespread … Continue reading

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Inappropriate Applications of Benford’s Law Regularities to Some Data from the 2020 Presidential Election in the United States

Benford's Law. — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 11, 2020 According to Wikipedia: “Walter Richard Mebane, Jr. (born November 30, 1958) is a University of Michigan professor of political science and statistics and an expert on detecting electoral fraud. He has … Continue reading

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Rich Hasen: Trump Needs Three Consecutive Hail Mary Passes

Professor Richard Hasen writes in The Atlantic: Despite the clear math showing that Joe Biden has won the election, President Donald Trump has refused to concede. He has directed his legal team to keep on fighting to try to overturn … Continue reading

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