Another ELI5, if I'm interpreting this correctly:
The fundamental reason this happens is, if you pick a random number between 1 and 11, you're twice as likely for the leading digit to be 1 compared to any other number. If it's between 1 and 12, 1 or 2 are twice as likely.
The glue that holds it together, is lower numbers are slightly more probable than higher numbers.
I wonder if there is any value looking at the numbers in non-decimal numbering systems.
At this point, a staggering amount of damning stuff has come out. However, people here are frustrated because we're still relying on a small handful of people and their promise of the legitimacy of these allegations. So far, there have been a lot of "releasing tomorrow" announcements, and while they have delivered well on the facts, they have consistently under delivered on the hard evidence to support said facts. Maybe this is part of the plan. I sure hope so.
Yeah, most likely the cars are rentals, paid for by whatever funds the polling process. Out of state plates are common on rentals.