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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. Re:"rigged Elections" by dcollins · · Score: 1, Troll

    On the contrary:

    - A study sponsored by a consortium of media companies, done by the University of Chicago, found that under any of 4 methodologies, a full-state recount in Florida would have made Gore the winner in 2000.
    Summary at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000_Florida_results
    NORC Florida Ballots Project: http://www2.norc.org/fl/

    - Gore offered to have a full-state recount, but this was rejected by Bush and Republicans:
    Article from South Florida Sun-Sentinal: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7243729_ITM

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    We know where leadership by an anti-intellectual "strongman" who scapegoats minorities and likes boisterous rallies goes