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> incredibly scrutinized

At best you could say there wasn't enough fraud to tip the balance, but this "no fraud," "most secure election ever" nonsense is ridiculous. People like you probably also would have claimed dependent tax credit fraud was incredibly rare (from Snopes, a "FACT CHECK" site, no less):

> https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/declaration-of-non-depende...

Absolutely, given how polarized things are, I have little trouble believing poll workers and others with the ability to put their thumbs on the scales would do just that.

> Even with strong measures these people aren't going to accept something contrary to their world view. There's no satiating the blood lust of a fascist movement like Q Anon

Only a fringe minority of the right actually believes in this. Most rightwingers, according to this Pew survey, don't even know what QAnon is, and surprisingly, they're even less likely to be familiar with it than progressives, suggesting progressives exaggerate its influence:

> https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/16/5-facts-abo...

The election integrity issue is another matter, and I could easily see most on the right coming away from the 2020 election thinking that it was stolen out from under them, through ballot box stuffing, dead voters, repeat-voters, and illegal immigrant voters. But I doubt the left will compromise even slightly on this issue, and will just keep 'fact checking' it in the hope that it will go away, and denounce measures like voter ID laws as disenfranchisement.

The people storming those buildings think an election was stolen from them, and no amount of 'fact check' thinkpieces in the NYTimes is going to convince them otherwise. Unless strong measures are put into place so both sides can have confidence in the outcomes of future elections, I expect more of this to occur.