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mojowork_n

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11. I'm thinking of it this way....
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:51 PM
Oct 2012

Let's pretend we're talking about cookies instead of votes.

And instead of precincts, we have a whole bunch of cookie jars.

There are thousands of precincts in the state, so there are
thousands of cookie jars. But they're not all the same size.
So of course you can't flip the same number of votes from
every precinct.

But if you take a few more cookies from the bigger jars,
and a few less from the smaller ones, that's a "normal"
pattern.

Only this statistical analysis is looking for just that. It
doesn't matter how many or from where, all they're doing
is looking for that "normal" pattern of theft.

More cookies missing from the bigger jars. Fewer taken from
the smaller ones.

And that's exactly what the data shows. Also -- since he
was the closest challenger -- it looks like more Santorum
votes had to be flipped, to ultimately reduce the total
number of cookies that needed to be messed with.

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We all need to send this to Maddow. Binders Keepers Oct 2012 #1
Hey, welcome to D.U. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #7
kick n/t southern_belle Oct 2012 #2
K gateley Oct 2012 #3
K&R silverweb Oct 2012 #4
Wonder of those votes were flipped by machines owned by Romney son and would-be beac Oct 2012 #5
Wisconsin did use the SEQ-AVC Edge II 5.0.24 voting machine siligut Oct 2012 #9
It was the "new lamps for old" (the old Aladdin con) that... mojowork_n Oct 2012 #12
May I also suggest you cross-post this in the Politics 2012 forum where it will beac Oct 2012 #6
I actually have to shut off this computer -- right now -- to go home. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #8
That graph is just not right. DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #10
I'm thinking of it this way.... mojowork_n Oct 2012 #11
My take on it is slightly different DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #15
You might be right. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #16
I do think you have to examine alternative explanations ThoughtCriminal Oct 2012 #13
This pattern showed up in *EVERY* other Republican primary. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #14
A poster already posted that there was a problem with the E-Ballot in Texas siligut Oct 2012 #17
Mojowork => Many thanks for posting this <= autorank Oct 2012 #18
Thank you Michael, your article is clear and persuasive siligut Oct 2012 #19
There is this article that a FaceBook friend posted along the same lines. livvy Oct 2012 #20
Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team) TheNaimSadik Oct 2012 #21
Spam deleted by bluesbassman (MIR Team) NolanDvorak Dec 2012 #22
The pattern of major exit poll discrepancies began with the 1988 NH Republican primary Cliff Arnebeck Jan 2013 #23
Welcome to D.U. mojowork_n Jan 2013 #24
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