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100% turnout in chechnya, 99.87% for the ruling party of one russia.... and you need statistical evidence to detect fraud!?
by pinaceae 15y ago
100% turnout in chechnya, 99.87% for the ruling party of one russia....
and you need statistical evidence to detect fraud!?
- diminish 15y agoall republics dominated by muslim minorities voted for the ruling party with rates above 95%; check caucasian republics, tatarstan, bashkir..apparently minnorities in russia love the ruling party more than russians themselves.
- guard-of-terra 15y agoThere perhaps is one valid reason for them to: Minorities can get big preference by being extremelly loyal. Majority can't because there is only one pie.
- culebron 15y agoThe fed money transfers from Moscow to Caucasus and nat. republics are huge, and that's their deal: Moscow pays, the republics' rulers provide near 100% votes.
- malkung 15y agoChechnya usually votes close to 100% for Putin, simply because a lot of government money is poured in Chechnya, disproportionately more than in any other region of Russia,
- Tuna-Fish 15y agoThe societies there are quasi-tribal and almost everyone votes for who their elder tells them to. The elder sells the votes for favors for their tribe.
- scott_s 15y agoYou just presented statistical evidence.
- gfodor 15y agoI think the point is that there's a difference between 'obvious statistical evidence' and 'non-obvious statistical evidence.' Often the results of statistics can be counterintuitive due to issues like sample size, confidence intervals, etc.
- Duff 15y agoHave you ever looked at the vote tally in American cities? In my city, there was only one candidate (running for judge) in the last election who didn't run on the democratic line. Another candidate was running on the Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Working Family and Independence party lines.