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Google Releases Raw Election Polling Results

Posted by Soulskill on from the now-make-it-pretty dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last week, Nate Silver ranked Google Consumer Surveys as one of the most accurate polling firms of the 2012 US election. This week, Google has released the raw data that went into its election-day prediction, and is running a contest for interesting visualizations of that data. They provide a few examples of their own, including a WebGL globe view."

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  1. Re:The country is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except that's strictly a right-wing fantasy. Obama actually LOWERED taxes and CUT regulations.

  2. Re:The country is dead by flappinbooger · · Score: 1, Informative

    Except that's strictly a right-wing fantasy. Obama actually LOWERED taxes and CUT regulations.

    Psst, hey AC, better check this out...

    Incomes are down: http://news.investors.com/092512-626958-household-income-down-82-under-president-obama.aspx

    Obamacare regulations for 2013 are going to be less than optimal: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2012/10/28/the-avalanche-of-new-obamacare-rules-will-come-in-january-2013/

    Obama EPA regulations also sub-optimal: http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2012/11/04/epas-insanely-ambitious-agenda-if-obama-is-reelected/

    Here's another tip- stop getting your news from NPR and MSNBC. that's a left wing fantasy.

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    Flappinbooger isn't my real name