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We’re seeing many different pieces of content that suggest an expectation of violence — either A) at the polls or B) in the coming hours or days. The @2020partnership has been tracking these allegations and their spread across platforms. 1/6
Conversations about “post election violence” are diffuse and happening across different platforms, networks, and media outlets. This makes it difficult to analyze the full extent of the discourse. (There may be conversations that aren’t visible to us.) 2/6
However, there have been few credible reports of instances of actual violence and/or voter intimidation at the polls. Conversations around the potential for violence are highly speculative and most seem to focus on the time period after polls close. 3/6
Media coverage of boarded up cities and towns can lead people to expect violence in the coming hours and days. The data we have collected so far suggests this expectation is far from concrete. 4/6
Most allegations about violence are anticipatory and speculative, leaning on unfounded “proof” (like piles of bricks appearing, rented hotel rooms and u-haul trucks) that the other side is planning activity. 5/6
We will continue to monitor these claims throughout the evening and update this thread as the polls start to close. 6/6
