The outcome of the November election was a surprise, and U.S. elections have lots of security problems. So it’s not surprising that, once again, some folks are marinating in election fraud conspiracism rooted in those facts and a fair amount of nonsense. There’s a market for this, and so there are willing suppliers. As someone who spends a lot of time working on election integrity issues, I take it kind of personally when folks serve up bunk on the subject. So I’m pretty annoyed at a fellow named Mike Farb who has a website and Twitter feed full of it. Mostly I try to ignore him, but his name came up in comments on a recent rec list story, so let me briefly explain what is wrong with the North Carolina ‘research’ he is promoting. (I’m trying not to promote it myself, but note the link a few sentences down.)
tl;dr: Trump often does better in larger precincts because larger precincts often are more Republican. Go figure.
