Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Election Denial

fivethirtyeight.com's track record is, as always, superb. Today, the site tells us that:

  • election denialism has become rampant in the U. S.

  • candidates who support Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen will appear on ballots in nearly every state this fall

Take advantage of 538's efforts to determine the position on the 2020 election of every Republican nominee for the House, Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general in every state. Then, as frosting on the cake, use the internal app the Kings of Stats have provided to see whether Republicans running in your area have denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election. Your iuquiry, and its results, can be sorted by state and office.

GOTV tried Pennsylvania, and got:

Governor

Douglas V. Mastriano

Denial status: Fully denied

Chance of winning:

14 in 100


Senator

Mehmet Oz

Denial status:Raised questions

Chance of winning:

20 in 100


Pennsylvania 1st

Brian Fitzpatrick

Denial status:Accepted with reservations

Chance of winning:

97 in 100


Pennsylvania 2nd

Aaron Bashir

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

<1 in 100


Pennsylvania 4th

Christian Nascimento

Denial status:Accepted with reservations

Chance of winning:

2 in 100


Pennsylvania 5th

David Galluch

Denial status:No comment

Chance of winning:

<1 in 100


Pennsylvania 6th

Guy Louis Ciarrocchi

Denial status:Raised questions

Chance of winning:

2 in 100


Pennsylvania 7th

Lisa Scheller

Denial status: No comment

Chance of winning:

56 in 100

 

Pennsylvania 8th

Jim Bognet

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

30 in 100


Pennsylvania 9th

Dan Meuser

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

>99 in 100


Pennsylvania 10th

Scott Perry

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

96 in 100

 

Pennsylvania 11th

Lloyd K. Smucker

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

>99 in 100


Pennsylvania 12th

Mike Doyle

Denial status:No comment

Chance of winning:

1 in 100


Pennsylvania 13th

John Joyce

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

>99 in 100


Pennsylvania 14th

Guy Reschenthaler

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

>99 in 100


Pennsylvania 15th

Glenn "GT" Thompson

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

>99 in 100


Pennsylvania 16th

Mike Kelly

Denial status:Fully denied

Chance of winning:

>99 in 100


Pennsylvania 17th

Jeremy Shaffer

Denial status:No comment

Chance of winning:

30 in 100


GOTV finds two things extraordinarily disturbing about this de facto roll-call.

  • Of the 18 candidates reviewed, 10 were full-on deniers

  • Of those, nine were rated as almost certain to be re-elected

Thankfully, neither Mastriano nor Oz belong to that last cohort.   But don't get cocky; if ever there were an argument for getting out the vote, 538's tabulation is it.  Use the tools provided by the site to determine what candidates, especially those for your Congressional district, really believe.

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