[R] analyzing results from Tuesday's US elections

[Rolf Turner]

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 19:02:19 -0800
Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:

> It was explained in the video... his counts were so small that they
> spanned the 1-9 and 10-99 ranges.

Sorry, missed that.  I'll have to watch the video again.

Thanks.

cheers,

Rolf

> 
> On November 13, 2020 6:59:49 PM PST, Rolf Turner
> <r.turner using auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> >
> >On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:23:06 +0100
> >Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen <traxplayer using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Please watch this video if you wrongly believe that Benford's law
> >> easily can be applied to elections results.
> >> 
> >> https://youtu.be/etx0k1nLn78
> >
> >Just watched this video and found it to be delightfully enlightening
> >and entertaining.  (Thank you Martin for posting the link.)
> >
> >However a question springs to mind:  why is it the case that Trump's
> >vote counts in Chicago *do* seem to follow Benford's law (at least
> >roughly) when, as is apparently to be expected, Biden's don't?
> >
> >Has anyone any explanation for this?  Any ideas?