Understanding elections through statistics : polling prediction and testing Written for those with only a brief introduction to statistics this book takes you on a statistical journey from how polls are taken to how they can and should be used to estimate current popular opinion. Once an understanding of the election process is built we turn towards testing elections for evidence of unfairness. While holding elections has become the de facto proof of government legitimacy those electoral processes may hide the dirty little secret of the government illicitly ensuring a favorable election outcome Polling Polling Combining polls In depth analysis: Brexit Digit tests Differential invalidation Considering geography In depth analysis: Sri Lanka since 1994