Main content
Bolivia: Can statistics help detect electoral fraud?
We weigh up the numbers and statistics from Bolivia鈥檚 contested presidential election.
Evo Morales, Bolivia鈥檚 longest-serving leader and first indigenous president, stepped down last week amid weeks of protests sparked by a dispute over a recent presidential election in the country. His opponents say the election was rigged but the embattled former president said it was a cunning coup. We take a closer look at the election results and ask if statistics can tell whether it was fair or fraudulent.
Dr Calla Hummel of the University of Miami and Professor Romulo Chumacero of the University of Chile join Ruth Alexander to discuss.
Podcast
-
![]()
More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics around us.
