[EL] What could be done

[Terry Martin]

I must wonder why "it is reasonable to believe [Russian hacking] changed
the results of the election." Is there data to support this or is it mere
speculation? I suppose if one were to believe that there were enough voters
in those swing states for whom embarrassing details regarding emails made
the difference that would make sense, which would be necessary to reach
this conclusion given that the report concludes that there was no evidence
of tampering with the vote tally. However, with such vast differences in
policy and public perceptions of the candidates (recall that Hillary was
widely viewed as corrupt and untrustworthy even absent the emails), I am
hesitant to believe that details released in emails would cause enough
voters to free the Clinton camp for Trump's, to vote for Johnson/Stein, or
simply stay home in a way that would change the outcome in states totaling
38 electoral votes (would need a combination of the following: Michigan -
16, Pennsylvania - 20, Wisconsin - 10, Florida - 29, meaning either
FL+MI/WI/PA or PA+MI+WI).

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Larry Levine <larrylevine at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> In an election as close as this one was in several key states, I think it
> can be concluded that the actions of the Russian government influenced
> public opinion in the U.S. to a degree that it is reasonable to believe it
> changed the result of the election. But under our system, even if it were
> proved, what could be done.
>
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-11-most-
> important-lines-from-the-new-intelligence-report-on-russia%
> e2%80%99s-hacking/ar-BBxYXGw?li=BBnb7Kz
>
> Larry
>
>
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