This dumb, misleading chart is everywhere. It is not evidence of fraud, it’s a sign that western states have a very slow vote counting process. Nevertheless, I bet this chart has done a ton of damage to public confidence in elections and western states should knock it off.

There’s a saying in politics: if you are explaining, you’re losing. Every four years, California’s system puts public confidence in our democracy on the bad side of that aphorism for no good reason.

@binarybits It gets coded a Trumpy now but there are all sorts of problems with mail in voting. A 2000 Florida scenario in Nevada or Arizona would be a mess. Just have two weeks of early voting.

@binarybits California has still only counted around half of the states votes. Another ~10m votes are due to come in from this state alone.

@binarybits OK, we'll wait on 2024 popular vote totals. The shocker, and never explained issue, is why there was an increase from 129 million votes in 2016 to 158 million in 2020. It will look very strange if popular vote total is not close to 158 million total, including all candidates.

@binarybits @asymmetricinfo California didn’t count their votes in ‘16 or ‘12? Why?

@binarybits I don't get it. Where did the voters go?

@binarybits So we're victim blaming for misinformation now? The guilty parties here are whoever created the chart and whoever spreads it without spending at least 15 seconds double-checking it. Accepting that misinformation is normal behavior now would be far worse than any election result.

@binarybits You obviously have no idea what this chart even shows. The west is already included. It is the popular vote. It clearly shows unexplained votes that are statistically impossible. 🤦🏻‍♂️