Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

I'd also note, I suppose, that if I were trying to slow down the mail to try to help my re-election, I would *not* disproportionately target swing states because that would be too easy to detect. Nonetheless, this list of states is NOT suggestive of targeting of swing states. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 21, 2020 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

FWIW, these highly track with populations; these states represent 36% of the US population and 38% of the sorting machines removed. So while the situation is quite concerning, I don't know that there is a basis for claims that swing states have been disproportionately targeted. — PolitiTweet.org

USPS ordered to remove 671 mail sorting machines under DeJoy: 59 in Florida 58 in Texas 34 in Ohio 30 in Pennsylva… https://t.co/OLUi5s4rbm

Posted Aug. 21, 2020 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Indeed, if you go through the full list of removals, it's clear that there is *no pattern whatsoever* between where machines are removed and how red or blue a state is, or whether it's a swing state. Data from here: https://t.co/vsWowZ1ymX https://t.co/VIJnMNyMHX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 21, 2020 Hibernated