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Graph Shows Fraud in Russian Elections

Posted by Zonk on from the little-to-the-left dept.

gaika writes "A graph in the best traditions of Edward Tufte shows how the voting was rigged in Russian parliament elections. Initially some regions were showing higher than 100% attendance, but later on everything was corrected, or way too much corrected, as the correlation between winning party's vote and attendance now stands at 90%. I guess the people who have rigged the vote have never heard about Correlation Cofficient."

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  1. Whoopsie! by mctk · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I guess the people who have rigged the vote have never heard about Correlation Cofficient."

    And apparently neither has the person who wrote the summary.

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    1. Re:Whoopsie! by modmans2ndcoming · · Score: 2, Funny

      If anything was learned from the 2004 election in the US, it is that statistics are meaningless and cannot be used to show fraud or anything meaningful at all.

      Yep...

    2. Re:Whoopsie! by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah. Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.

  2. In soviet Russia by GWLlosa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ballots stuff you?

    1. Re:In soviet Russia by smittyoneeach · · Score: 1, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, the ballots are shallots cast by car lots of harlots.

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    2. Re:In soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      In soviet Russia candidates chose you!

  3. Re:You don't need brains to be a dictator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    just a rampant willingness to fuck people over. Depending on the context of that statement, it could describe both our current and former leader.
  4. "rigged Elections" by Brad1138 · · Score: 4, Funny

    American Democracy is truly spreading across the globe.

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    1. Re:"rigged Elections" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I don't have a pretty graph, but:

      "The courts have no problem believing that Buchanan got his highest, best support in a precinct consisting of a Jewish old age home with Holocaust survivors, who apparently have changed their mind about Buchanan's view that Hitler was not all that bad."

      From Mark Levine.

    2. Re:"rigged Elections" by nephridium · · Score: 2, Funny

      Except that in ten years, Bush will be gone and Putin will most likely still be "president". Some people are actually suffering - you just thought you were.

      I don't know about the future, but judging by the past - twenty years ago we had Bush, now we have Bush (and not the good kind..) - I don't see how anything would change.

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  5. What happened to the great Russian Mathematicians? by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 2, Funny

    A.N. Kolmogorov must be weeping.

  6. I have a strong urge to... by 3on3 · · Score: 1, Funny

    play rush'n attack.

  7. the mighty graph by Takichi · · Score: 3, Funny

    And we all know the power of, The Graph!

  8. In the best traditions of Edward Tufte? Hardly. by djmurdoch · · Score: 4, Funny

    That graph was produced in Excel. I don't think Edward Tufte would like it.

  9. The Russians should be commended by edwardpickman · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's impressive to have better than a 100% turn out when so few vote in this country. With the help of our current administration and Diebold maybe we can do as well in the next election. Hell this is America we should shoot for 200% voting!

  10. Re:Why? by ftsf · · Score: 4, Funny

    didn't you see the futurama movie!!?!

  11. Edit Wikipedia by noz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess the people who have rigged the vote have never heard about Correlation Cofficient.
    Oh they have. They just edited Wikipedia first to make it sound absurd.
  12. Re:What happened to the great Russian Mathematicia by eli+pabst · · Score: 5, Funny

    A.N. Kolmogorov must be weeping. Too much Smirnov apparently.

    God, I can't tell you how long I've been waiting to use that :-]
  13. An old soviet age joke comes back to life by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Comrade commissar, someone broke into the party head quarters. But don't worry, nothing irreplacable or secret was stolen. Only the manifest and the next five election results."

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  14. Re:Compare 2004 Ohio and 2000 Florida returns by Duhavid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Classified. Sorry. Try back in about 50.

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  15. Fraud? What Fraud is that? by modmans2ndcoming · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you telling me that you do not trust the Putin's party won 99% of the electorate in Chechnya? Those people LOVE Putin.

  16. In Putinist Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Coefficients correlate YOU!

  17. Re:You don't need brains to be a dictator by tftp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Vote for Giuliani and get both options!

  18. Re:You don't need brains to be a dictator by PresidentEnder · · Score: 1, Funny

    Vote Ron Paul and get neither!

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