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purple_nitrile 15 points ago +15 / -0

nice. Anyone know why Benford's law works in nature? this is the first time I have heard of this law and it is pretty cool!

Do you have the tally of Trump's numbers as well?

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FormerGraveheart 9 points ago +9 / -0

As for why it works in nature, I think it's just the mathematical expression of the general concept "the larger, the fewer". There are always more smaller things than larger things, they tend to follow a certain distribution, and it is evident in the leading digits.

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Chadamantium 4 points ago +4 / -0

What are the counts in these graphs though? Total votes per district? So basically Biden has too many districts reporting large numbers are opposed to few?