Social media posts about election fraud in Wisconsin have skyrocketed since Election Day, surpassing all other battleground states, according to data collected by PeakMetrics, a software analytics company.
Between Nov. 6 and Nov. 12, the number of posts on There is no evidence that voter fraud is a common problem in Wisconsin.
Republican Eric Hovde of Wisconsin was among those who cast doubt on voting integrity on X after the election, which he lost to Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
“Since last Wednesday, numerous parties have contacted me about voting inconsistencies,” Hovde said in a statement on X.
The Milwaukee Election Commission said in a statement that it “unequivocally refutes Eric Hovde’s unsubstantiated claims about the integrity of our election process.”
“The Board of Elections celebrates the commitment of Milwaukeeans to participate in the democratic process and is confident that Mr. Hovde’s allegations are without merit,” the commission said in a statement. “Milwaukee voters can be assured: the (Election Commission) conducted a fair, accurate and secure election that fully protects voters’ rights and preserves the democratic process.”
As of November 15, Hovde still has to give up the race to Baldwin. After 99% of the state’s votes were counted, Democratic Senator Hovde led 49.3% to 48.5%, a margin of 28,958 votes.
Other battleground states are seeing a decline in social media posts alleging election fraud
According to PeakMetrics, election fraud X-posts in Wisconsin are higher than in any other state.
The increase in messages in Wisconsin comes as other battleground states saw a decline in messages claiming election fraud over the past week. On November 11, Wisconsin overtook Arizona as the state most cited in X-posts about voter fraud since the election.
On Tuesday, a week after the election, about 70% of all X-posts about election fraud in battleground states mentioned Wisconsin, according to PeakMetrics.
The company found that the most recent messages include accusations that Democrats “stole the Wisconsin Senate seat” and that absentee ballots in Wisconsin are a sign of “criminal election fraud.” It is a well-documented part of the Wisconsin election process that absentee ballots are counted statewide on Election Day, with the results reported all at once, often late into the night.
Alison Dirr and Jessie Opoien contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: False reports of election fraud in Wisconsin are surging online
