Reply #34: There is a High Correlation [View All]

[On the Road]

between the days of the year with the highest boating accidents and the days with the highest ice cream sales. Seriously.

Nobody thinks that one causes the other. They're both correlated with another variable -- temperature. They both peak on the hottest days of the year.

Kerry/Dean votes and type of voting equipment are also correlated with a third variable -- geography. Dean won the western part of the state near Vermont, which is mostly rural and uses paper. Kerry won the southwest near MA, in which precincts are larger, richer, and tend to use optical equipment.

There are many screwy voting patterns that suggest fraud. As far as I can tell, this is not one of them.