Trump Lost. In this clip I give Mark Thompson a breakdown of the numbers, where they came from, and the key calculations.
Note: I applied the most conservative methodology possible, as I would do in a government investigation.
As I reveal in my latest report, until the Elections Assistance Commission gets updated figures from the states next year — and, under Trump, I doubt we will ever get those numbers — 3,565,000 votes lost to Harris is the estimate I would present in my role as a forensic expert in a courtroom as the lowest conceivable suppression factor.
I rarely make a big deal about my own credentials but, since the election, the Web has been flooded by amateur, arithmetic-defying speculation about computer hacking and other unsupported twaddle. Best to stick to hard, verifiable data. And that’s what I do.
For two decades, I was a forensic economist for government agencies including the US Justice Department; taught statistics at Indiana University; provided expert calculations of vote suppression for the ACLU, NAACP, and RainbowPUSH and won the Global Editors Award for my data journalism on vote suppression measurements for reports done for Al Jazeera, BBC, Rolling Stone and The Guardian. The numbers you get here are exactly what I’d present to a Federal court. In other words, kids, don’t do this at home…calculating the “un-count” requires expertise.
Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. Read the full report.
Watch the full 30 minute Mark Thompson Show interview.
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