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Did 20 million votes really go missing in the US election?

2024/11/16
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Mike Wendling 指出，社交媒体上流传的一个图表错误地显示 2024 年的投票数比 2020 年少了 2000 万。该图表来源于一个右翼新闻博客，曾因散布虚假信息被封禁，并被用来支持特朗普是 2020 年真正赢家的阴谋论。不仅特朗普支持者，一些民主党支持者也引用该图表，编造阴谋论。实际情况是，由于美国选举系统分散，各州计票程序不同，且计票尚未完成，图表引用的统计数据是过时的。最终的投票人数差异远小于 2000 万。Charlotte McDonald 总结了该事件，指出这是一个基于不完整数据得出结论的教训。

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The podcast explores the viral claim that 20 million votes went missing in the 2024 US election, examining the origins of the claim and the conspiracy theories it fueled.
  • A viral graph on social media suggested 20 million fewer votes were cast in 2024 compared to 2020.
  • The graph originated from a right-wing blog and was used to support conspiracy theories about election fraud.
  • Prominent figures like Joe Rogan discussed the graph, further spreading the claim.

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Just hours after Donald Trump claimed victory in the US presidential election, rumours started swirling that something was afoot. A graph went viral on social media that appeared to show there were 20 million more votes cast in 2020 than in the 2024 election. Where had these supposedly “missing” votes gone?

Conspiracy theorists on both sides of the political spectrum began shouting claims of fraud.

The answer, it turns out, is rather more straightforward.

Presenter: Charlotte McDonald Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound Mix: Hal Haines Editor: Richard Vadon