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wildeyed

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8. It's 50/50 white/black county.

Fri May 5, 2017, 06:12 PM

May 2017

Those vote totals are completely in line with the demographics and similar to results in 2012. Old white people in the South are often register Dem, but haven't voted for one since Jesse Helms left the party.

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Something Happened in NC - Martin County NC - A Heavily Democratic County [View all] bathroommonkey76 May 2017 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 May 2017 #1

I know we're supposed to ignore this "tinfoil hat stuff", but I can't. Shanti Mama May 2017 #2

Then do a simple google search on the demographics voting history of the county. wildeyed May 2017 #7

The "mainstream" view is that, if you see something with your own eyes, Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #31

Or you could try using math and critical thinking. wildeyed May 2017 #40

Smells fishy to me. Hope someone gets to the bottom of this. ATL Ebony May 2017 #3

K & R... dhill926 May 2017 #4

This is very disturbing. If you look at the Senate vote, too, it's hard to imagine mnhtnbb May 2017 #5

It's 50/50 white/black county. wildeyed May 2017 #8

Democratic Rep Butterfield rocked it! wildeyed May 2017 #9

It's also disturbing to think Roy Cooper lost this county to Pat McCrory bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #17

Something happened in Martin County. wildeyed May 2017 #6

+1 Jno_Gilmor_ May 2017 #10

Here's what I found in my Google search bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #11

What are you arguing? wildeyed May 2017 #12

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...... bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #14

DALTON DIDN'T RUN AGAINST COOPER! wildeyed May 2017 #15

DALTON RAN AGAINST MCCRORY AND WON!!!! bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #16

They didn't run agains each other, so comparing vote totals makes no sense. wildeyed May 2017 #18

Funny bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #19

Been here way longer than you. wildeyed May 2017 #20

I was just stating a fact about the meme bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #21

I post on that tag all the time and no one uses that meme with me. wildeyed May 2017 #23

I was alerted to the DU Calvary by people on here after I called out bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #27

Whateves.... wildeyed May 2017 #28

And you didn't prove your point to me- Whateves bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #30

They get a bunch of replies. wildeyed May 2017 #33

Both Louise and Claude seem to like Farb's bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #35

Get back to me when Ari Berman has something to say about it. wildeyed May 2017 #37

Searched only to see if you were telling the truth. bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #41

I should go take LSD and become a better person? wildeyed May 2017 #43

We pretty much know that Russian bots and trolls had a significant effect on the Squinch May 2017 #22

You can't prove a negative. wildeyed May 2017 #24

Have fun with that, bunky. And in the meantime, argue with anyone who says it's possible Squinch May 2017 #25

I DO know what the Russians and the GOP did do. wildeyed May 2017 #29

They're saying there are oddities out there. They're saying they are suspicious. In the Squinch May 2017 #32

If you read my other replies in the thread, which is exhausting, wildeyed May 2017 #34

How do you even know if Barber, NC Policy Watch, Democracy NC bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #36

I'll ask them, but I assume they would have mentioned it if it were a real concern. wildeyed May 2017 #38

I'm sure you will ask them. n/t bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #42

Yep. wildeyed May 2017 #44

Okie dokie. The mechanics of our elections are totally safe and free from Squinch May 2017 #39

We had the same phenomenon in Snohomish County WA in 2000. Turbineguy May 2017 #26