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In an attempt to clarify previous polls, I'd like to know what level of fraud people think occurred in the election. Since not all of the options are mutually exclusive, you can pick more than 1.
1. Bush or someone working on his behalf (with or without his knowledge) stole the election for Bush in a large conspiracy*.
2. Bush or someone working on his behalf (with or without his knowledge) attempted to steal the election for Bush in a large conspiracy*. They didn't have much of an effect, and Bush would have won with or without their efforts.
3. Kerry or someone working on his behalf (with or without his knowledge) attempted to steal the election for Kerry in a large conspiracy*. They didn't succeed.
4. A large number of people attempted to illegally influence the outcome of the election on the small scale** and their combined efforts turned the election to Bush.
5. A large number of people attempted to illegally influence the outcome of the election on the small scale** and their combined efforts turned the election to Bush.
*"A large conspiracy" is a single effort that had a major effect (thousands to millions of votes). An example would be pre-programming all of the voting machines to give Bush 10% more votes than he should have gotten.
**"On the small scale" is a large number of individuals doing things that individually had very little effect (dozens to hundreds of votes). This would be things like an election official purposely blocking a person from voting (oops, we lost your votor registration..).
edit: I realize some people might be uncomfortable with the phrase "large number of people" for options 4 and 5. If you are and you vote one of those options, by all means, specify what you consider to be "large".
1. Bush or someone working on his behalf (with or without his knowledge) stole the election for Bush in a large conspiracy*.
2. Bush or someone working on his behalf (with or without his knowledge) attempted to steal the election for Bush in a large conspiracy*. They didn't have much of an effect, and Bush would have won with or without their efforts.
3. Kerry or someone working on his behalf (with or without his knowledge) attempted to steal the election for Kerry in a large conspiracy*. They didn't succeed.
4. A large number of people attempted to illegally influence the outcome of the election on the small scale** and their combined efforts turned the election to Bush.
5. A large number of people attempted to illegally influence the outcome of the election on the small scale** and their combined efforts turned the election to Bush.
*"A large conspiracy" is a single effort that had a major effect (thousands to millions of votes). An example would be pre-programming all of the voting machines to give Bush 10% more votes than he should have gotten.
**"On the small scale" is a large number of individuals doing things that individually had very little effect (dozens to hundreds of votes). This would be things like an election official purposely blocking a person from voting (oops, we lost your votor registration..).
edit: I realize some people might be uncomfortable with the phrase "large number of people" for options 4 and 5. If you are and you vote one of those options, by all means, specify what you consider to be "large".
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