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From a comment: > This repo is attempting to apply Benford's Law to vote count distribution, so that's what actually needs to span multiple orders of magnitude
by KidComputer 6y ago
From a comment:
> This repo is attempting to apply Benford's Law to vote count distribution, so that's what actually needs to span multiple orders of magnitude. Precinct distribution is a factor in vote count distribution but it doesn't tell the whole story. I don't see the Milwaukee data in this repo, but take a look at the Chicago data: https://github.com/cjph8914/2020_benfords/blob/main/data/chicago_dataexport.csv https://github.com/cjph8914/2020_benfords/blob/main/data/chi... Biden's vote totals are solidly contained within one order of magnitude, the 100-999 range. Trump's vote totals range from single digits into the hundreds, across three orders of magnitude. Jo Jorgensen is mostly in the 0-20 range, across two orders of magnitude.
- NewRecruit 6y agoThe pattern holds true even in 3 digits order of magnitude. The link I shared shows an analysis for 2nd digit Benfords as well, where Biden's is suspect and his opponent's is not. imgur.com/a/gxuVAxc Plus there are numerous other examples across different states with the same patterns, which is troubling.
- username3 6y agoWhy is NewRecruit’s reply dead? NewRecruit 6 minutes ago [dead] The pattern holds true even in 3 digits order of magnitude. The link I shared shows an analysis for 2nd digit Benfords as well, where Biden's is suspect and his opponent's is not. imgur.com/a/gxuVAxc Plus there are numerous other examples across different states with the same patterns, which is troubling.