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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by creaghpatr on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @05:30PM (#16692910)
On election night, the odds were roughly 5 to 1 on PredictIt
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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by Tempest1981 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:54AM (#16696384)
On Huffington Post, the odds were 98% Clinton, iirc. I suspect this led some people to not vote.

Here it is: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/high-probability-clinto...

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Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook ... by corpMaverick on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:34AM (#16697954)
In 538 the odds were 70% for Clinton. I think the result was spot on.
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