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Why do Biden's votes not follow Benford's Law?

Stand-up Maths · 3.7M views · 2020-11-11 · 17:46

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Matt Parker examines claims that Biden's 2020 vote counts violate Benford's Law, explaining the law and why it often does not apply to precinct-level election data.

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Commenters cite it as a visual debunking of Benford-based election fraud claims and as a guide to when Benford's Law does and does not apply.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2020–2024

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MrJohz · 2023-04 · Recommendation

Matt Parker did a good video with lots of visuals to explain why Benford's Law works in general, but why it cannot always be simply applied to election results. [VIDEO]

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nitrogen · 2020-12 · Recommendation

I am replying for the sake of the hidden sibling comment: I don't watch any major media coverage of politics, but a mathematician and comedian I follow on YouTube (from a different country who presumably has no horse in the race) has analyzed some of the numerical allegations of fraud: - [LINK] - [LINK] - [VIDEO]

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adgjlsfhk1 · 2024-08 · Reference

Precints have roughly even populations and therefore typically don't conform to Benford's law. [VIDEO]

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