# What will happen if GOP steals the 2026 election? What should happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 8, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891 "2026-09-08T03:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/41 "2026-10-23T17:43:28Z")
I just posted this in the Mid-Term Cheating Watch thread: > [@Midterm Cheating Watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midterm-cheating-watch/1033989/27): > > Oh, here we go. Gift link: [Justice Dept Moves to Block Certification of Alaska Senate Result if Republican Loses](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/23/us/midterm-elections-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.K1E.urPD.J_xeb8VyixK2&smid=url-share) From the article: The Justice Department, in a court filing, argued that confusion over another candidate on the ballot with a name very similar to the incumbent, Senator Dan S. Sullivan, could taint the result in a close election. I expect this is just the beginning of this bullshit. I seldom cross post, but in this case, I think it’s important. And yes, it will be a multi-faceted attack. As noted by @Gordon_G, we’re already seeing it happen. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/42 "2026-10-23T19:04:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Now can you come up with any plausible reason Can you tell us why we are restricted to _plausible_ reasons why Trump does things? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/43 "2026-10-23T20:13:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So if I’m following you here, you agree that if Trump had been telling the truth when he made this statement, then he would be admitting to stealing votes. No. The idea that he “knew” how voting machines work is the lie. The same kind of lie as his “stable genius” claims, or amazing people with his ability to ace cognitive tests. We don’t need such a confession anyway. We **know** he has tried to cheat. He “confessed” by being recorded in his phone call where he was caught trying to extort Georgia into “finding” just enough votes for him to win. What matters is whether he has ever succeeded at such a thing, and that’s where you get into conspiracy theories. Especially ones that suggest he was able to increase his share of the Black vote that way, by, what, being able to figure out which votes were being made by Black people somehow and flipping them? It only takes a little bit of actual thinking to pop the bubble of claims like that. > [@DWMarch](#): > > I know anecdote does not equal data but here you go: We know these things happen. That’s why these machines get audited. They aren’t perfect and glitches occur, and get fixed and accounted for. Anecdotes about these problems are meaningless. What matters is actual documentation of the machines being tampered with to force a result. You’re not going to find them. You remember those huge defamation lawsuits in regards to voting machines? They stemmed from people trying to make those claims which had no basis in reality. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/44 "2026-10-23T23:58:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Especially ones that suggest he was able to increase his share of the Black vote that way, by, what, being able to figure out which votes were being made by Black people somehow and flipping them? Seriously? You see that as an unbreachable wall? You believe nobody has any knowledge of what districts have predominantly black or hispanic populations? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/45 "2026-10-24T00:01:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Seriously? You see that as an unbreachable wall? To affect the Black vote for the entire country to a significant degree, yes. And why just that demographic? It makes zero sense. What makes more sense is that they didn’t like Harris. You don’t need to go tin foil hat to explain it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/46 "2026-10-24T00:03:59Z")
This is the legacy of 2000. We can’t have a presidential election anymore without the losing party wrapping itself in conspiracy theories about how the other party cheated. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/47 "2026-10-24T00:49:19Z")
Republicans have conspiracy theories about the Democrats cheating in elections the Republicans won. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891/48 "2026-10-24T01:13:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Elon Mush Best typo of the month. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891.md?page=2)