Before election, opinion polls indicated a strong lead for González.
During election, thousands of opposition volunteers had managed to collect about 80% of the voting tallies from polling stations, which showed a clear victory for González, with 67% over Maduro’s 30%.
After the election, two different independent analyses of the tally sheets, from the AP and the Washington Post, reached similar conclusions.
Walter R Mebane Jr, an election forensics professor at the University of Michigan, analysed the opposition’s voting tallies and concluded that they were legitimate.
He also worked as an independent consultant on another study, conducted through sampling at 997 polling stations, that likewise showed González winning 66% to 31% for Maduro.
US officials concurred that it would have been nearly impossible for the opposition to falsify the voting tallies it published.
At the moment it unfortunately looks like he will just crush the results with violence.
>but will Maduro budge?
No. This is not the first election that they steal, there were protests before, other countries ask for verification, people protest, Maduro and his mob repress, the discussion internationally dies down, people in the country fears for their life due to repression so eventually less people protest, everyone forgets and in the next “election” everyone acts surprised as if it was the first time. Rinse, repeat.
Edit: Added quotes around election
No he won’t.
What does The Carter Foundation say about it?
So far as I know, they are about as honest as you can get.
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Before election, opinion polls indicated a strong lead for González.
During election, thousands of opposition volunteers had managed to collect about 80% of the voting tallies from polling stations, which showed a clear victory for González, with 67% over Maduro’s 30%.
After the election, two different independent analyses of the tally sheets, from the AP and the Washington Post, reached similar conclusions.
Walter R Mebane Jr, an election forensics professor at the University of Michigan, analysed the opposition’s voting tallies and concluded that they were legitimate.
He also worked as an independent consultant on another study, conducted through sampling at 997 polling stations, that likewise showed González winning 66% to 31% for Maduro.
US officials concurred that it would have been nearly impossible for the opposition to falsify the voting tallies it published.
At the moment it unfortunately looks like he will just crush the results with violence.
>but will Maduro budge?
No. This is not the first election that they steal, there were protests before, other countries ask for verification, people protest, Maduro and his mob repress, the discussion internationally dies down, people in the country fears for their life due to repression so eventually less people protest, everyone forgets and in the next “election” everyone acts surprised as if it was the first time. Rinse, repeat.
Edit: Added quotes around election
No he won’t.
What does The Carter Foundation say about it?
So far as I know, they are about as honest as you can get.