A Plea.

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Despite my disappointment at the outcome of this election, what is most important to me is that the people have at least nominally spoken. The election has been held, and we support the system, even if we do not support the winner. At all.

To that end, if faith in the system is lost, then all is lost. Because you can't fix anything within a broken system. So please, please, PLEASE, someone tell me where the fault in this graph lies. Because I desperately want to believe that he actually won. The alternative is too awful.

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[lucasmembrane.livejournal.com]

I'd like to find the raw data and do some more in-depth statistical analysis. In addition to the factors you mentioned, there's also the fact that the polls were *consistently* off in favor of Kerry. If there's a problem with the sampling technique, some polls would favor Bush and some would favor Kerry.

Er, I guess you mentioned that in point 2. But yeah. Fishy.

Damn, I need more free time in my life for projects like this. And I need to find my old statistics book.

Anyway, if you find a good source of buttloads of raw data, point me to it. I may be able to throw something together.

(And as far as giving you hope is concerned, I'm afraid I can't help. I fully believe that the election was stolen, and, lacking an audit trail, that we will never know for sure.)