A few links on the nonsense claim that Benford’s Law proves “irregularities” in the Biden vote tallies.
First, it’s far from clear that Benford’s Law is useful for detecting election fraud:
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
First, it’s far from clear that Benford’s Law is useful for detecting election fraud:
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Second, even if it were, district level tallies are likely too fragmented for the law to apply. When you aggregate the data into larger geographical groupings, it’s fine:
alpha-xone.medium.com/do-bidens-vote…
alpha-xone.medium.com/do-bidens-vote…
Third, the posts you’ve probably seen on this have manipulated the data.
There’s also lots more discussion of the first two points at the link.
skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/4978…
There’s also lots more discussion of the first two points at the link.
skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/4978…
Finally, this thread by @gelbach succinctly lays out the problems with this conspiratorial garbage.
IMO, Benford’s Law *is* useful in one way: as a filter. If someone you’re reading is pushing it, you can safely ignore anything else that person writes about election integrity.
IMO, Benford’s Law *is* useful in one way: as a filter. If someone you’re reading is pushing it, you can safely ignore anything else that person writes about election integrity.
https://twitter.com/gelbach/status/1324760993692590081
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