App maker: Trump will win election

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App maker: Trump will win election

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/08/13/app-maker---trump-win-election/88640044/

Jefferson Graham
USA TODAY
3:44 p.m. EDT August 13, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Despite a majority of opinion polls showing the 2016 presidential election going to Democrat Hillary Clinton, a smartphone app developer says his data suggests challenger Donald Trump will be the victor.

“Based on the stats we see, he looks strong,” says Ric Militi, co-founder of San Diego-based Crazy Raccoons, maker of the Zip question and answer app. His app poses questions and polls responses based on an average of 100,000 daily users. “I go with Trump, based on what we see.”

According to the RealClearPolitics average of opinion polls, which are performed by calling people on landlines and cell phones, and answering questions on websites, Clinton leads with 47.8%, to Trump’s 41.0%.

How can Zip’s results be so different?

“We’re not a poll. We’re a conversation, and 100% anonymous,” Militi says. “People feel comfortable answering questions without fear of being bullied or being called a racist. People can express themselves safely, and you get a pure answer.”

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[Gov Bean Counter]

... only if Pokiemon Go leads his merry band of morons to the voting booth.

[sinkspur]

“We’re not a poll. We’re a conversation, and 100% anonymous,” Militi says. “People feel comfortable answering questions without fear of being bullied or being called a racist. People can express themselves safely, and you get a pure answer.

In other words, this "conversation" is meaningless.   Nothing scientific about it.

[Oceander]

... only if Pokiemon Go leads his merry band of morons to the voting booth.

Which he has already said he will not, since he sees no point to get-out-the-voter efforts.

[Gov Bean Counter]

Which he has already said he will not, since he sees no point to get-out-the-voter efforts.

LOL. Pokiemon Go as a GOTV mechanism....

[jmyrlefuller]

In other words, this "conversation" is meaningless.   Nothing scientific about it.

Basically it's another invitation to get Freeped. Nothing more, nothing less.

[geronl]

ridiculous

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ridiculous

Yep..

[Wingnut]

... only if Pokiemon Go leads his merry band of morons to the voting booth.

Say on Nov 9th? 

[Gov Bean Counter]

Say on Nov 9th?

You never disappoint! 

[Wingnut]

You never disappoint!