Breaking Benford
Breaking Benford
11/13/20 by WNYC Studios
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In the days after the US Presidential election was called for Joe Biden, many supporters of Donald Trump are crying foul. Voter fraud. And a key piece of evidence? A century-old quirk of math called Benfordβs Law. We at Radiolab know Benfordβs Law well, and have covered it before. In this political dispatch, Latif and Soren Sherlock their way through the precinct numbers to see if these claims hold up. Spoiler: they donβt. But the reason why is more interesting than youβd expect. This episode was reported by Latif Nasser.