14.60 Palm Beach Fiasco. The 2000 U.S. presidential election brought great contr

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14.60 Palm Beach Fiasco. The 2000 U.S. presidential election brought great controversy to the election process. Many voters in Palm Beach, Florida, claimed that they were confused by the ballot format and may have accidentally voted for Pat Buchanan when they intended to vote for Al Gore. Professors G. D. Adams of Carnegie Mellon University and C. Fastnow of Chatham College compiled and analyzed data on election votes in Florida, by county, for both 1996 and 2000. What conclusions would you draw from the following scatterplots constructed by the researchers? Explain your answers. Republican Presidential Primary Election Results for Florida by County (1996) 14,000 12,000 Palm Beach County 8000 4000 2000 20,000 40,000 60,000 Votes for Dole

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First of all we can see palm beach as an exception. It is moving away from the sloping line in both 1996 and 2000.

if you see 1996 in buchanan vs dole, dole was winning.

Specifically in palm beach, dole was doing better than buchanan compared to other places in florida. It is slightly higher to Dole than the normal slope line when it comes to palm beach.

Come to 2000 and Buchanan is again losing this time against Bush. Check that the scale in 1996 was 20,400; 40,000, 60,000 whereas in 2000 it is 100,000; 200,000 and 300,000 for the opponents of Buchanan.

It is 5 times the scale of 1996 for Buchanan's opponent and 4 times the scale of 1996 for Buchanan.

But the palm beach is much farther in 2000, hence the voters were correct in saying they might have voted for Buchanan accidentally.

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