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Trumpternal [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Here is a short video explaining Benford's law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42fGFDNs-0A&t=19s

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misterLahey 1 point ago +1 / -0

Can you give people a rundown of this please? The differences between what a normal distribution curve and a shady distribution curve are clear, but what exactly are the values on the X axis?

I see 'first digit of tally' . But I'm really not tracking exactly what that represents?

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Trumpternal [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42fGFDNs-0A&t Does watching this video help at all?

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misterLahey 1 point ago +1 / -0

Not really. I get the distribution of instances of leading digits.

On these plots people are showing, what are the tally counts that people are plotting? Tally counts from all the districts, right? I guess what I'm struggling with is: has anybody applied the same analysis to the total # of voters or population within in each precinct? Do those follow a normal Benford distribution, or are they themselves all over the place? If they do follow the curve, then yes the vote tally distributions would be weird. If they don't then the vote tally distribution would indicate something weird.

spez: I get it. Just was a little slow this morning. Trump's tallies do follow the natural distribution, while Joe Pedo's do not. Got it. Thanks.