Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes

[Richard M. Barton]

Using the data from this site, I did a matrix of scatterplots of the number of votes each candidate received versus each of the other candidates. Looks to me like Palm Beach county always shows up as an outlier for any scatterplot involving Buchanan, McReynolds, or Phillips. All were on the right side of the ballot, and all seemed to get more votes than "expected" in Palm.

rick


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Here is a link to articles on the "Palm Beach Irregularities" --
butterfly ballot, Buchanan votes, and related errors.

It points to six other studies, and to raw data for Florida by county
(for 2000 and 1996) presidential races.

http://madison.hss.cmu.edu/

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Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html


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