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85. Your math in post #26 has nothing to do with the claim that there was an inordinate number of bullet ballots.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:42 PM
9 hrs ago

For the umpteenth time, a bullet ballot is a ballot in which the voter cast a vote in one race and ignored all the other contest on the ballot. All of them. So the number of bullet ballots in the presidential race in any state cannot be larger than the total number of ballots cast in any other state-wide race on the ballot, such as Senate or Governor. It's just simple math.

Spoonamore could not be more clear in how he defines a bullet ballot, and it is not how you are trying to define it. From one of his letters:
"North Carolina is the most extreme. The public results indicate over 350K voters cast a ballot for Trump and no other race making up over 11% of Trump’s voters in NC drop off votes or bullet ballots.

Of course, Spoonamore has absolutely no way to know how many bullet ballots were cast in North Carolina let alone how many were for Trump alone. By his analysis, you would have to subtract 350,000 votes from Trump, not add any to Harris so that the total number of votes cast in the presidential race was 5,328,667 while the total number of votes in the governor's race would still be 5,590,469. The idea that more than 260,000 voters cast ballots in the Governor's race but not in the Presidential race is ludicrous.

Was just about to ask you in the other thread to make this an OP Sympthsical 12 hrs ago #1
I hope it adds a bit of clarity soandso 12 hrs ago #2
What does that even mean? Define %age difference, I don't know what you're talking about. bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #3
The percentage difference between soandso 12 hrs ago #5
It's the percentage of votes cast in the presidential race in excess of the votes cast in the Senate race onenote 12 hrs ago #7
And what this reveals soandso 11 hrs ago #25
Yep. There are lots of low information voters who simply choose not to vote in a race they probably don't know onenote 10 hrs ago #63
I'm good with that soandso 10 hrs ago #76
Thanks, but don't expect 2024 "election deniers" to accept facts. Silent Type 12 hrs ago #4
The scare quotes should be dropped. Igel 11 hrs ago #48
So you mean the spoon guy is full of crap? Who could have guessed? tritsofme 12 hrs ago #6
IIRC, he was claiming software was hacked soandso 12 hrs ago #8
He has made lots of baseless claims, I'll give you that. tritsofme 12 hrs ago #10
It's up to the people peddling this crap to show back up HereForTheParty 12 hrs ago #11
This guy? JanMichael 10 hrs ago #75
thank you for posting this. Takket 12 hrs ago #9
My pleasure soandso 11 hrs ago #19
Not the same ERW 9 hrs ago #83
first post huh? funny all these low post count numbers trying to whip up DU into an election conspiracy frenzy Takket 9 hrs ago #93
Your analysis is just meaningless numbers... SnoopDog 12 hrs ago #12
If a bullet ballot SickOfTheOnePct 11 hrs ago #15
How about the House votes? SnoopDog 11 hrs ago #51
It doesn't matter SickOfTheOnePct 10 hrs ago #56
Well, the Senate race in PA was important too SnoopDog 10 hrs ago #68
You don't seem to understand what a "bullet ballot" is. onenote 9 hrs ago #78
Right...bad guys would think to themselves... SnoopDog 9 hrs ago #80
So why didn't they steal the Senate races in Arizona and Wisconsin too? tritsofme 9 hrs ago #86
The guy pushing the conspiracy theory that the race was stolen is using that definition EdmondDantes_ 9 hrs ago #87
Spoonamore provided the definition: onenote 9 hrs ago #91
By definition, a so called "bullet ballot" does not include... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #79
See above post 80... SnoopDog 9 hrs ago #81
Your post 80 is exactly right, which means... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #94
Concerning serious reflection and analysis.... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #96
Thank you for the article! n/t Ms. Toad 5 hrs ago #103
Yeah, how about those soandso 10 hrs ago #61
lol, right...These are actual numbers, unlike the Spoon guy's make-believe numbers. tritsofme 11 hrs ago #16
lol soandso 11 hrs ago #21
Are you a mathematician? An election specialist? Statistician? SnoopDog 10 hrs ago #53
The numbers I posted are those posted by the states soandso 10 hrs ago #66
I'm not, but let me ask you this... do you think the DNC employs such people? Takket 9 hrs ago #84
I don't know.... Does the Democractic Party have any leadership? SnoopDog 9 hrs ago #90
Yeah, it's crazy that some swing states showed as much as 5% and 7% of "President Only" ballots.. Think. Again. 12 hrs ago #13
The numbers provided in the OP SickOfTheOnePct 11 hrs ago #14
Oddly enough... Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #26
But Spoonamore says it's 7% in Arizona SickOfTheOnePct 11 hrs ago #35
Lake is the only red Senate candidate on the ballot. Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #42
I'm not sure why you think that matters in any way? Not everyone votes a straight ticket. tritsofme 11 hrs ago #45
Exactly SickOfTheOnePct 11 hrs ago #47
maybe Kari Lake should be the one asking for a recount then LOL Takket 9 hrs ago #88
All this means is that a bunch of Trump voters also voted for Gallego. tritsofme 11 hrs ago #38
All that shows is that people split tickets soandso 11 hrs ago #41
And neither do you. Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #43
I never made any claim that necessitated access to ballots soandso 11 hrs ago #49
This just demonstrates split tickets Abnredleg 11 hrs ago #44
States prevent split ballots? Igel 11 hrs ago #50
lol...wow. There's no evidence to support the claim, but here's some guy who called into a radio show. tritsofme 11 hrs ago #18
Post removed Post removed 11 hrs ago #27
There is certainly a group of folks who are eager to be scammed tritsofme 11 hrs ago #29
Feel free to check my math in post # 26 Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #31
Your math in post #26 has nothing to do with the claim that there was an inordinate number of bullet ballots. onenote 9 hrs ago #85
But remember: " His number estimates aren't important" muriel_volestrangler 11 hrs ago #23
How about instead of relying on somebody else soandso 11 hrs ago #24
See post #26 Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #33
Actual numbers just aren't backing the claim. paleotn 10 hrs ago #65
And after viewing the interview again... Think. Again. 10 hrs ago #69
There's a dozen ways to slice and dice the data, but no smoking gun so far. paleotn 10 hrs ago #72
How are we supposed to avoid the emotions of the election results if we can't claim the results are fraudulent? Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #17
It's this OP that is wrong, they used the numbers from both Dem and red ballots together. Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #32
The bullet ballots are the reason we won so many close Gov. Senate and House races Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #20
Exactly right soandso 11 hrs ago #22
I'd say over 9% is a big excess of bullet ballots (see post # 26). Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #30
It would be SickOfTheOnePct 11 hrs ago #39
I saw your post and addressed it soandso 11 hrs ago #46
You do realize that our lack of the actual ballots... Think. Again. 10 hrs ago #52
You don't need to see the ballots SickOfTheOnePct 10 hrs ago #58
Explain what those numbers mean please? Think. Again. 10 hrs ago #60
What position? soandso 10 hrs ago #64
close races don't need huge numbers ERW 9 hrs ago #89
True enough soandso 8 hrs ago #97
Hi, you used numbers from both Dem and red ballots... Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #28
Show your work soandso 11 hrs ago #34
See post # 26 Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #36
No you didn't Zeitghost 6 hrs ago #100
Nope SickOfTheOnePct 11 hrs ago #37
Lake was the only red Senate candidate on the ballot. Think. Again. 11 hrs ago #40
So what? SickOfTheOnePct 10 hrs ago #54
And many republicans didn't like her and voted for the democratic jimfields33 10 hrs ago #55
And then how did the green Senate candidate end up with over 50k more than stein? Think. Again. 10 hrs ago #59
Many voters think the environment is priority jimfields33 10 hrs ago #62
So you think some trump voters also voted for the green senate candidate? Think. Again. 10 hrs ago #70
People splitting tickets differently than you think they should have is not evidence of fraud. tritsofme 10 hrs ago #71
Actually, I may be heading that way... Think. Again. 10 hrs ago #74
No. jimfields33 9 hrs ago #92
Because there will have been people who voted Trump for president, and Quintana (Green) for senator muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #104
I don't think that's the claim at all. Igel 10 hrs ago #57
So (please correct me if I'm wrong)... Think. Again. 10 hrs ago #67
Yes wanderer54 2 hrs ago #105
Good job Cirsium 10 hrs ago #73
It's not the right soandso 9 hrs ago #77
yes, understood Cirsium 9 hrs ago #82
I don't know why they would would soandso 9 hrs ago #95
Well, that is depressing Cirsium 5 hrs ago #101
What's depressing? soandso 5 hrs ago #102
Paper ballot judge, here Maeve 8 hrs ago #98
Jeez soandso 6 hrs ago #99
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