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Do you think there has ever been a "rigged" election in the United States? In 1960, many thought Kennedy's operatives fixed the tallies in Texas and Illinois, giving him those states' 51 electoral votes and a majority in the Electoral College. There are numerous theories on how Republicans "rigged" the election in both 2000 and 2004. Other famous stolen elections include the 1824 fiasco, in which Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the presidency to John Quincy Adams in the House of Representatives, and the 1876 Hayes-Tilden tie, which was eventually settled by a backroom deal.

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KikiPeepers Female, 30-39 Midwest US Joined: 19 yrs, 11 mos ago 83,501 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Friday 10/17/08 - 1:37:28 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I wouldn't be a bit surprised
catchall moderator Male, 30-39 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 5 mos ago 37,268 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Friday 10/17/08 - 1:41:41 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Any time you refuse to allow international elections observers to so much as observe, it raises some serious doubts about exactly how honest the elections proceedings are/were. (aka Ohio, 2004)
CowDung Male, 40-49 Midwest US Joined: 20 yrs, 7 mos ago 105,179 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Friday 10/17/08 - 1:45:59 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Considering how many illegal voter registrations have been turning up with the recent investigations, it certainly seems that people have been trying to rig elections...
kickass9 Male, 13-17 Midwest US Joined: 16 yrs, 4 mos ago 5,384 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Friday 10/17/08 - 3:58:14 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I'd bet there has been. And if not there was a atleast some manipulations or some tampering. I remember there was this guy who was paid by the republicans to jam something electronic or something like that. He wrote a book about. Spent 2 years in prison.
nwlyfree2003 Female, 40-49 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 5 mos ago 28,823 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Friday 10/17/08 - 6:34:30 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Oh Ya! How do you think Bush got elected?
cuty949 Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 14 yrs, 10 mos ago 1,168 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Friday 10/17/08 - 6:40:09 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Do you think Bush got to be president on his own??
LushusPigeon Male, 18-29 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 6 mos ago 12,262 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Saturday 10/18/08 - 3:25:27 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Is this point even disputed?
Electric Male, 18-29 Western US Joined: 20 yrs, 11 mos ago 123,778 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Saturday 10/18/08 - 5:07:45 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message The 2000 election. They purged voters off the rolls and made sure they were mostly blacks... people who had the names of felons. That lost Florida for Gore. That and the jews for buchanan...
snarenathan Male, 18-29 Eastern US Joined: 15 yrs, 5 mos ago 1,187 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Saturday 10/18/08 - 9:18:17 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Have they changed the actual numbers to alter the results? I doubt it. Has the electoral college failed to represent its state's people? Absolutely. Therefore, in that sense, elections have been "rigged" out of the liking of the people.
captaintito Male, 30-39 Midwest US Joined: 17 yrs, 3 mos ago 5,526 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Saturday 10/18/08 - 10:50:47 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Every place that has a history of elections will have a history of rigged elections.
HaroldtheBat Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 27,379 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Tuesday 10/21/08 - 9:30:08 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Kennedy came to mind first.
cszulins Female, 40-49 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 10 mos ago 12,024 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Tuesday 10/21/08 - 10:44:28 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message If Obama wins I'll know this election was rigged.
Electric Male, 18-29 Western US Joined: 20 yrs, 11 mos ago 123,778 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Tuesday 10/21/08 - 11:00:00 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On Tuesday 10/21/08 - 10:44:28 PM cszulins wrote: If Obama wins I'll know this election was rigged. That doesn't even matter. McCain still controls Real America if Obama wins.
-pigpang- Female, 18-29 Asia Joined: 13 yrs, 8 mos ago 825 Posts	13 yrs ago, 8 mos ago - Wednesday 10/22/08 - 7:22:51 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Just watch American Blackout on Googlevideo.
vamp_girl Female, 13-17 Eastern US Joined: 14 yrs ago 772 Posts	13 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Friday 11/21/08 - 11:23:20 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Wouldn't surpirse me a bit.
cszulins Female, 40-49 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 10 mos ago 12,024 Posts	13 yrs ago, 7 mos ago - Saturday 11/22/08 - 7:09:53 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On Tuesday 10/21/08 - 10:44:28 PM cszulins wrote: If Obama wins I'll know this election was rigged. Yep. The last election was rigged.
heatherlw Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 3 mos ago 31,470 Posts	13 yrs ago, 3 mos ago - Wednesday 3/25/09 - 11:48:45 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I would imagine it would have been fairly easy to do in the early days before 24 hour media and daily polls.

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