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Were ‘extra’ votes counted in Russia’s presidential election?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - March 23, 2018 15:24 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Last week Vladimir Putin won a second consecutive and fourth overall term as the Russian President. Official polling results from the election show he received over 76 percent of the vote, with a total turnout of 67 percent, but there were also widespread allegations of irregularities including inflated turnout figures.
More or Less takes a closer look at the election data from Russia to see if these complaints have merit.