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Did Russian Interference Affect The 2016 Election? 

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How Much Did Russian Interference Affect The 2016 Election?

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-did-russian-interference-affect-the-2016-election/

2. The magnitude of the interference revealed so far is not trivial but is still fairly modest as compared with the operations of the Clinton and Trump campaigns.

The indictment alleges that an organization called the Internet Research Agency had a monthly budget of approximately $1.25 million toward interference efforts by September 2016 and that it employed “hundreds of individuals for its online operation.” This is a fairly significant magnitude — much larger than the paltry sums that Russian operatives had previously been revealed to spend on Facebook advertising.

Nonetheless, it’s small as compared with the campaigns. The Clinton campaign and Clinton-backing super PACs spent a combined $1.2 billion over the course of the campaign. The Trump campaign and pro-Trump super PACs spent $617 million overall.

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So . . The HildaBeast out spent the Russians by about a thousand times . . . .
But we is supposed to be worried about the Russians.
The article gets better.
Zim.

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But it’s also that Clinton was really, really unpopular herself
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That’s largely because Clinton was viewed as dishonest and untrustworthy
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(Entire article is at the link. Zim.)




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