Were There ‘More Votes Than People’ in Detroit?

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On Wednesday, President Trump tweeted that in Detroit “there are far more votes than people,” adding to the growing list of claims of alleged voter fraud in the presidential election by the Trump campaign. 

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1329087255168708608

This is a false claim. 

The city of Detroit has 504,714 registered voters and reported that 250,138 people voted. That’s a turnout of 49.56 percent, according to unofficial results from the city of Detroit. Per the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 data, Detroit’s population estimate is pegged at around 670,031. 

The false claims have their origin in the fact that Wayne County, where Detroit is located, reported inconsistencies in which the number of votes didn’t match the number of voters listed in certain precincts. This involved 17 percent of the precincts in the city and a small number of votes, as reported by the Detroit Free Press:

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    Old guy named Bill (OGNB)

    Thank you.

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    Kip McCune

    These fact check articles have quickly become some of my favorites on this site. I live just south of Detroit and it's getting old seeing the city bashed all the time. Thank you for fact checking like this.

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    Victor Clairmont

    Keep them fact checks coming~~~

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    Jake

    He’s literally a toddler.

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    DougAz

    I wonder if any election related official, including a legislator, meeting with Trumpnin the White House regarding the Election, is committing a Federal Crime?

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      Victor Clairmont

      Nah, just let it all play out. Eventually the electors will verify the election results. Trump will have no wiggle room left. Lawyers are just throwing spaghetti at the wall at this point hoping it will stick.

      After the certification, Biden will be legally President-Elect. And, there is nothing more Trump can do.

      It is encouraging that at the state level, that federalism and even republican's are pushing back (finally) on the notion that the results were rigged (like Georgia), The checks and balances, strained as they are, are holding.

      Lets see If Biden can rebuild them eh?

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