Everybody chill out. Nate Silver is here.

America's #1 pop statistician (yes, we have those) chimes in on some, ahem, irregularities in rural voting patterns during Iran's recent presidential election. Apparently all of the farmers suddenly love Ahmadinejad.

This means that at least one of two things must be true. Either the urban-rural dynamics of Iran have changed significantly over the last four years -- at least insofar as it they affected perceptions of a candidate like Ahmadinejad. Or, alternatively, the election was rigged, and those who rigged it for some reason decided that rural votes were easier to steal.

Enjoy your fatwa, Nate. You'll be missed.