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2016 Presidential Race It Score Forecasts
Each election cycle PoliticIt measures a candidates It Score. The It Score measures a politician’s digital influence. Digital influence has predicted over 250 election outcomes from 2012-2015 with 93% accuracy indicating that digital influence seems to correlate strongly with election outcomes. The It Score is calculated by collecting massive data on what people do and say in the…
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Evan McMullin – Do the facts add up?
Can I ask those who are voting for Evan McMullin if they are aware that he has conflicting statements about his CIA service? On his own website, Evanmcmullin.com, he states he was “spearheading counterterrorism and intellige...
Is the Presidential Election the Most Important Electio
How important is our presidential election? Is it more impo...
Bill Clinton Declares Hillary “Longtime Fighter f
By Amy Tennery and Emily Stephenson PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) &...
Campaign Technology
When the Nerds Go Marching In – The Atlantic
How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL NOV 16, 2012 The Obama campaign’s technologists were tense and tired. It was g...
Clinton campaign embraces new ‘Genius’ tech
Hillary Clinton is adding a new digital tool to her politica...
Big Data Meets Presidential Politics
In winning the 2012 presidential election, the Obama campaig...
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GOP Presidential Debate – It’s all about Trump (and F
By Steve Holland and James Oliphant CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Donald Trump refused to rule out an independent White House bid and bristled at questions about his attitudes toward women, leaving his rivals struggling for attentio...
Carly Fiorina moved fast on Friday to capitalize on a profile-rai
By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican Carly Fiorina moved fast on Friday to capitalize on a profile-raising debate performance, appealing to potential donors and urging grassroots supporters to open their wallets ...
Scott Walker Staking out Positions on Global Affairs that Play We
By Steve Holland CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) – Scott Walker had a steep learning curve on U.S. foreign policy after some early miscues in his race for the Republican presidential nomination. Now an eager student of global a...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani asks India’s Narendra Modi
By Nidhi Verma and Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has asked India to invest in infrastructure projects worth $8 billion, including an expanded role in developing a strategic port tha...
Scott Walker Jumps into Race for the 2016 Republican Presidential
By Steve Holland MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Scott Walker jumped into the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Monday, needing to prove he has learned from early missteps and can appeal to voters beyond the cons...
Bush 2016 campaign for White House rakes in record $114 million h
By Steve Holland and Michelle Conlin WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Super PAC backing Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has raked in a record $103 million, the group, Right to Rise, said in a statement today, di...
Ted Cruz Raised More than $51 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Ted Cruz and the outside groups supporting his presidential bid have raised more than $51 million in the three months since he launched his campaign for president, according to a sta...
Former U.S. Senator Jim Webb Launches Bid for the Democratic Pres
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Senator Jim Webb launched a long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, promising to fight the political influence of big-money interests and bring a new approach ...
United States and Cuba Formally agree to Restore Relations
By Daniel Trotta and Lesley Wroughton HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba formally agreed on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations on July 20, setting up a trip to Havana by John Kerry, who would bec...
FISC Court Rules Bulk Data Collection Can Continue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ruled the National Security Agency may temporarily resume its bulk collection of Americans’ domestic phone call records, the New York Times re...