Vile, vile election fraudsters...
Did you know that elections in Britain and the US are marred by mass fraud? At least that would be the inescapable conclusion if they were to be subjected to the most popular methods to “prove” that Russian elections are rigged in favor of Putin and United Russia. Below I have a translated a delightful quiz by Mikhail Simkin, where you have to answer just one question: Did this happen in Russia or in a democratic country?
Some of the following weirdness happened in elections in Russia. They contradict the laws of mathematics and basic decency. They cannot be explained by anything other than mass falsifications. Some of the weirdness happened in democratic countries. They can be explained by natural causes. Can you identify which is which?
(1) The distribution of polling stations by the percentage of votes for the winning presidential candidate in their region.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
(2) The dependence of the share of the vote for each of two parties on turnout. Each dot represents a region. Each region has a few dozen polling stations, and represents a few tens of thousands of voters. For some reason, the percentage of the vote for Party A grows in lockstep with the turnout whereas the percentage of the vote for Party B doesn’t change.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
(3) In one city during the Presidential elections, more than 300,000 people voted. Of them some 97% voted for one candidate, who went on to win nationally (albeit with a score much less impressive than 97%). He got 100% of the vote in more than 15 of the six hundred precincts of the city in question. The biggest of the precincts where he got 100% had 580 voters.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
(4) The distribution of polling stations by the percentage of votes for the winning party in their region.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
(5) The dependence of the share of the vote for each of two parties on turnout. Each dot represents a region. Each region has a few dozen polling stations, and represents a few tens of thousands of voters. For some reason, the percentage of the vote for Party A grows with turnout, whereas the percentage of the vote for Party B decreases.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
(6) The distribution of polling stations by the percentage of votes for the winning party in their region.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
(7) In one region, in districts where turnout was less than 65%, party A got 30%, while party B got 39%. But in districts where turnout was higher than 65%, party A got 46%, while party B got only 31%.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
(8) The distribution of polling stations by the percentage of votes for the winning presidential candidate in their region.
Did this happen in (A) Russia or (B) in a democratic country?
Turn the page for answers.
I got 50% right)) What does it about the elections statistically? ))))))