What Passes for Election Results in Russia These Days...
The y-axis on this graph is turnout by district in Russia’s October 11th local elections; the x-axis is the vote for the ruling United Russia party. Note how once turnout passes 30%, the proportion of votes for United Russia begins to increase in almost a linear fashion.
[Hat tip to Russian blogger Kireev, who posted the figure, via The Power Vertical. I can not personally vouch for the veracity of the numbers in the figure, as I have not seen the official results myself. So consider this post merely the passing along of information available elsewhere on the web, and take it with the appropriate caveats.]
Comments
Well, knowing nothing about the average magnitude of polling districts, I found the line of dots showing 100% turnout to be creepy in and of itself.
Posted by: Chris Hanretty | November 16, 2009 11:33 AM