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Russians rigging 2016 elections - another piece revealed

What does that have to do with the Trump campaign sharing polling data with Russian Intelligence?

Nothing...He just wanted to babble about New York and California...A poor diversion to cover for the traitors he supports
 
polling data is public knowledge.

As was widely reported, some was public but some was private. The same kind of private data analytics that Russians had to steal from Clinton's campaign.

election propaganda is amazing and you realize that the US very much does the same thing in other countries?
we have been doing it for years so the fact that well someone does it to us gives us little room to cry about it.

First, if other countries find their leaders colluding with US military to influence their elections, and they disqualify those leaders, I'd have no problem with it.

Second, I am talking about changing vote counts, not just propaganda.

overall the influence was non-existent and not a factor.

You have no idea

unless someone can show with evidence that russia actually changed vote counts on voting machines or voting systems their was nothing rigged

We know Russians tried (see links in OP and others in earlier OP).
We know they are masterful in cyber attacks, maybe the best.
We know this would be their FIRST priority, not just because of the culture (affecting vote counts is in Russian blood) but also because it would clearly get to their objective in most direct way.
We know Trump would have no problems helping them help him.
We know Trump administration would NOT want to investigate this matter and would love to hide any hints of such affected vote counts.
We know security has been lacking on many voting systems and officials did not care too much about it.
We know of reports confirming lack of security awareness of voting staff

And even with all that, we see more and more evidence rising related to Russian attacks on vote counts.

At some point, even if FBI or DHS uncovers sufficient evidence, what do you think are the chances Trump appointees would make it public? The only hope is the leaks (which will of course be immediately discredited by the administration). And those that leak THIS kind of info would know they are risking their life.
 
I've already discussed before that it's very likely Russians attempted and succeeded in rigging at least some vote counts in 2016 elections. Recent (accidental) revelations about Manafort sharing proprietary polling data with Russians is just another piece that falls into place here.

And yet another small piece: Trump paid for rigging of polls in his favor. Not surprising of course. Anyone thinks he would mind rigging vote counts or to pay someone to do it?
 
No surprises here... another piece of evidence from the Mueller report...

Mueller Report Draws Attention To Russian Election Interference In Florida : NPR
In particular, the report said, "We understand the FBI believes that this operation enabled [Russian military intelligence] to gain access to the network of at least one Florida county government" during the 2016 campaign.
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The special counsel's report also said that Russian intelligence had installed malware on the vendor's network, something VR Systems denies.
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VR Systems also was the supplier of electronic poll books that malfunctioned on Election Day in Durham County, N.C., in 2016. The state believes user error by election and poll workers was responsible but says it has not definitively determined the cause.
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The Mueller report notes another successful breach in the summer of 2016, involving Illinois' voter registration system.
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some cybersecurity experts have raised the possibility that hackers planted malicious software that remains undetected.


Of course Russian efforts have continued and will continue...

Russian Hackers Have Attacked Several 2018 Campaigns, Microsoft Says | Fortune
A group of hackers believed to be tied to Russia’s military have launched spear-phishing campaigns against at least three candidates running for election in 2018, a Microsoft executive said Thursday.

Now that Mueller is done, I have doubts Trump administration will be spearheading more investigations into the extent to which Russians hacked the voter systems and counting systems to benefit Trump...

Hackers do NOT want to leave a trace after making their changes. The examples we see above are just the attempts that FAILED in that we found out about them. How many attempts did NOT fail?
 
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