g5000
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Show me a single Detroit candidate who won by less than 800 votes.2 or 3 × 248. Let's use 3 since 52 of the precincts had 5 or more. So, in just one city at least 744 votes. That is enough to change any result for a city, whether local or otherwise, yet you claim no big deal. Now multiply that by all the total number of precincts in the nation. We have a problem.Since the OP didn't provide a link: Records: Too many votes in 37% of Detroit’s precincts
There were some precincts which had too many ballots, compared to the log books, and there were some which had too few.
For the most part, they were only off by two or three ballots. Nowhere near enough to affect the outcome.
From the link:
Here is a breakdown of the irregularities in Detroit’s 662 precincts:
■236 precincts in balance — equal numbers of voters counted by workers and machines
■248 precincts with too many votes and no explanation (77 were 1 over; 62 were 2 over, 37 were 3 over, 20 were 4 over, 52 were 5 or more over).
■144 precincts with too few votes and no explanation (81 were 1 under, 29 were 2 under; 19 were 3 under; 7 were 4 under; 8 were 5 or more under)
■34 precincts out of balance but with an explanation
And you can't extrapolate out to the entire country. Detroit made the news precisely because they are the EXCEPTION.
You are demonstrating innumeracy.
ETA: Here are the Detroit election results. You will find the candidates for every office won by many thousands, if not tens of thousands: Latest election results from Metro Detroit and Michigan