there's been considerable publicity about Dr Shiva's characterization of the plot shown at right for Oakland County MI 2020 results. However, Oakland MI 2016 plot in same format yields nearly identical results. So, unfortunately, his plot proves nothing. 
2/ Dr Shiva said that the downward slope PROVED use of an algorithm to tamper with data. It doesn't. Slope has something to do with straight ticket vs all vote results; and is not due to malicious algorithm.
here's my understanding of phenomenon. Straight Ticket Republicans obviously voted for Trump. So difference arises from balance between "Paul Ryan" non-Trump Reps and "50 Cent" pro-Trump Dems. Presumably pct of Paul Ryans vs 50 Cents increases in strongly R precincts.
to be more precise, the phenomenon seems odd, but the comparison between straight ticket and total margins is idiosyncratic and doesn't immediately cry out fraud to me. That same phenomenon existed in 2016 diminishes likelihood of fraud IMO.
here's another perspective. In precincts with increasingly high R Presidential vote, the proportion of R (to D) Straight Ticket votes increases slightly faster. Expressed this way, I don't think that it seems odd on its face.
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