Try looking at the normality of the residuals of Buchanan vs log(total).
Hard to argue with the results therein.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan Zuluaga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 12:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Stats on Palm Beach votes (II)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:26:51 -0500
> From: Barry Wellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: important: election results (fwd)
>
> David, I believe you and will disemminate, but Palm beach is
> a bit of an
> outlier, given the ultra-rich pop. of Palm Beach city itself.
> Now, I know
> that the county is much more than the city, but can you take
> out PB City
> vote to make your point even more bullet proof.
>
> I am waiting for Russia to intro a motion in the Security Council
> requiring UN observers at all voting counting to ensure honesty.
> The motion will be called, "What's Good for the Goose ..."
> As always, we Canadians stand at ready -- with eyes wide open in
> amazement.
>
> Cheers, Barry
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> On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, David Krackhardt wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:31:58 +0100
> > From: David Krackhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: important: election results (fwd)
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> > Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 3:57 PM -0500
> > From: Greg Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: all-sds
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: important: election results
> >
> > As you probably all know, Bush has 1700 more votes in
> Florida over Gore.
> > However, folks in Palm Beach were complaining that their
> ballots were
> > confusing, and many people voted for Buchanan when they
> thought they were
> > voting for Gore. With the help of my wife Chris, I
> analyzed the county by
> > county presidential results for Florida. The results are
> clear: the ballot
> > for Palm Beach cost Gore approximately 2200 votes. A
> simple regression of
> > Buchanan's vote on Bush's vote shows that Buchanan should
> have only gotten
> > 800 votes, not 3400.
> >
> > Don't believe me? Look for yourself: It's not even close!
> Palm Beach is
> > an outlier beyond all belief!!!
> >
> > http://madison.hss.cmu.edu/palm-beach.pdf
> >
> > I need help getting these results out to the world. If you
> have media
> > contacts or now how to tip them, please have them contact
> me asap. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
> >
> >
> >
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> > David Krackhardt, Professor of Organizations
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> >
>
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