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

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “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”

    Mathematician analyzes numerical allegations of election fraud

    nitrogen, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “California Public Utilities Commission fired director who exposed missing $200M”

  2. “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.”

    Visual explanation of why Benford's Law works but not for election results

    MrJohz, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “Investigating and preventing scientific misconduct with Benford’s law”

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Topics: benford's law, statistics, elections, misinformation, data analysis

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