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Ethics of Big Data Analysis : US Election Result Expectations

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The Trump Camp is understandably disappointed with this unexpected election result.



However, it can be fairly expected that a lot of their elderly supporters in some of their established constituencies, may not have had access to voting at the time of Pandemic, mainly due to the elderly being more susceptible to the virus and choosing the conservative decision to not take the added risk of life. Here, it is not by choice, but by loss of freedom due to Pandemic, such citizens may have been deprived of their fundamental rights. Was the loss of this conservative sentiment amongst the elderly - and its representation in the cast ballots, the cause of such unexpected defeat?



Big Data set comparisons would suggest that some of the states with high elderly population, obtained an unexpected result from the US Election. Hence, as per the value of Big Data Analysis, should such identified discrepancies be worth further appeals - or should such data be ignored as a human observation fallacy? Indeed, the future of such Big Data technologies are in these important ethical considerations.



uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm



www.nbcnews.com/.../president-results



www.prb.org/.../



 


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    mapj1:

    Were there any US counties that did not make postal votes freely available  for elderly and infirm?

    If so it is a remarkable country.


    It is a remarkable country in all sorts of ways :)   For example, Tenessee tried to require first-time voters who registered by post to vote in-person to cast their ballot. This would definitely have included some folks who didn't want to expose themselves to the pandemic for health reasons. Tennessee had to fall in line after a court decision in September.


    Elections in the states are almost always litigious - you can see here a list of the most interesting cases ongoing from the current election. I would say that for a race this close the lawsuits are essential to stop speculation. Does anyone remember Florida's infamous hanging chads in 2000? That race was won by around 500 votes in Florida and included court-mandated recounts - all of us FL Nader voters were thoroughly shamed.


    I don't think the outcome of the election was that surprising, considering Biden's lead. Although this year has been unpredictable so I did actually think Trump would win.


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    mapj1:

    Were there any US counties that did not make postal votes freely available  for elderly and infirm?

    If so it is a remarkable country.


    It is a remarkable country in all sorts of ways :)   For example, Tenessee tried to require first-time voters who registered by post to vote in-person to cast their ballot. This would definitely have included some folks who didn't want to expose themselves to the pandemic for health reasons. Tennessee had to fall in line after a court decision in September.


    Elections in the states are almost always litigious - you can see here a list of the most interesting cases ongoing from the current election. I would say that for a race this close the lawsuits are essential to stop speculation. Does anyone remember Florida's infamous hanging chads in 2000? That race was won by around 500 votes in Florida and included court-mandated recounts - all of us FL Nader voters were thoroughly shamed.


    I don't think the outcome of the election was that surprising, considering Biden's lead. Although this year has been unpredictable so I did actually think Trump would win.


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