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Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests by freeone3000 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @12:08AM (#24241468)
Forget the percentage - there are more people who said they voted for the second-place contender than the second-place contender's official vote count.
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Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests by kube-system on Saturday August 22, 2020 @01:36AM (#24241859)
Yes, clearly the evidence demonstrates the election results are less than trustworthy.

But that’s not what I was taking issue with. Above, I was disputing the claim that a large sample size “guarantees correctness”

Likely, neither this Telegram poll nor the election are statistically sound in their results, for different reasons.

I am not saying that the Telegram poll has to be statistically sound to be valuable evidence.

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