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Donald Trump supporters artificially manipulated the results of online polls to create a false narrative that the Republican nominee won the first presidential debate on Monday night.
The efforts originated from users of the pro-Trump Reddit community r/The_Donald and 4chan messaged boards, which bombarded around 70 polls, including those launched by Time, Fortune, and CNBC.
In this latest incarnation, multiple Reddit users enlisted the Trump-supporting masses on r/The_Donald, which has over 200,000 subscribers, by posting dozens of online polls that are vulnerable to vote brigading, bots, and other forms of manipulation that make these non-scientific surveys notoriously unreliable.
Polls that were not open to public voting consistently put Clinton ahead of Trump. In a flash poll by Public Policy Polling, Clinton led Trump 51 to 40. A CNN/ORC poll conducted immediately following the debate found significantly stronger support for Clinton, who topped Trump 62 to 27.
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/trump-clinton-debate-online-polls-4chan-the-donald/
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 28 2016, @05:21AM
...but it looks to me like Hillary easily beat Trump in this debate. Easily. In fact, I must give her at least grudging admiration for how well she handled herself. She was clearly prepared for this debate while Trump was rocked back on his heels at least a couple of times by her well-timed rejoinders.
Yes indeed. What amazed me was that Trump repeatedly took the bait when Clinton went after his money and business dealings. That took him deep into the weeds several times. Hillary was cool and composed each time Trump attacked her, even chuckling and wearing a shit eating grin whenever he kept repeating documented falsehoods.
I actually felt kind of bad for him a few times, as he was obviously out of his depth.
The way Clinton so easily baited him and led him around by the nose, you have to wonder about his intellectual capacity.
He really came off as a lightweight to me.
I know I'm not going to change anyone's mind, but it seems to me that if he's so easily flustered by a few barbs about his tax returns and the documented statements he's made and then furiously denies, you have to wonder how he might react in a crisis.
As to those who keep saying that the MSM is in the tank for HIllary, that may be so, I don't know.
All the same, in my experience, when someone says that everyone else is scapegoating them, it usually means that it's them and not everyone else.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 28 2016, @03:59PM
What's there to wonder about? He'll declare martial law and launch the nukes, like the fucking thin-skinned, weak-willed, little bitch he is.