ABC has sparked wild conspiracy theories after mistakenly airing election results for Pennsylvania.
The results appeared on the ticker along the bottom of the screen during a broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix by ABC local affiliate WNEP-TV on Sunday.
It showed Kamala Harris taking the state with 52 percent of the votes, while Donald Trump’s share was 47 percent.
It instantly prompted claims of election rigging on social media, with one person tweeting: ‘The cheat is on.’
WNEP-TV said that the numbers came up on the screen in ‘error’ and that they had been ‘randomly generated’ as part of a test ahead of election night on November 5.
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WNEP Scranton PA already has the election results posted. @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/eWR1oABWbK
— PrisonElvis (@elivislives) October 27, 2024
Trump is currently leading the state by 0.6 percentage points in an average of the top polls by Real Clear Politics.
Biden won Pennsylvania by the narrowest of margins in 2020, beating Trump by 80,555 votes or 1.17 percent.
Democrats have accused Trump and his allies of laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss by stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy.
He has portrayed Democrats as