Comments on: Exclusive: Predicting Super Tuesday Results Using Social Media & Search Sentiment

By: Eva White

Eva White — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:29:18 +0000

I still feel that its a race and its never quite over till its over. Eva White's last blog post..Rising Hemlines.. Rising Stocks

By: Alexis

Alexis — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:01:46 +0000

Do we know how accurate this tool was? Cool analysis.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:57:15 +0000

I’m rooting for Barack, even though his goals are lofty and his speeches may just be a mastery of politician talk. I feel that he has his heart in the right place. Even if Hillary wins, it’s going to be a Democrat in office… which is a much better alternative to GB.

By: Utah SEO

Utah SEO — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:20:13 +0000

I would have guessed different numbers. Surprising.

By: Mobile guy

Mobile guy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:10:58 +0000

It’s just like internet opinion. But it’s wrong.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:21:41 +0000

GoBama!!!!

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:22:15 +0000

I’m looking forward to reading the report and comparing your findings to what ends up happening.

I still think using a web only approach to this kind of prediction is a little dicey. I’m not sure how random a sample it makes yet. For example Hillary Clinton supporters tend to be older, the kind of people less likely to be playing with social media or blogging. I’m not saying that means she’ll beat Obama for the nomination, but looking at things only through the eyes of the web maybe miss the mark a little.

I think this election will open some people’s eyes to what search and social media can do for a campaign, but we’re still an election or so away from it being a dominant player.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:01:02 +0000

I’m not sure they don’t want Ron Paul to win. If he’s winning that makes for great news and better headlines. Maybe all of his supporters aren’t voting or able to vote?

By: Jayson

Jayson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:56:50 +0000

It’s amazing that we can now accurately predict poll outcomes from search patterns etc.. I’m interested in seeing how accurate this prediction is.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:43:18 +0000

@HempGuy – did you read the study? Ron Paul is included in it–although I beg to differ that he “is a leader in the race.”

By: HempGuy

HempGuy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:35:45 +0000

I don’t trust this one bit. It doesn’t even mention Ron Paul here – who is a leader in this race. It’s censorship – they don’t want him to win!

They do not know who is going to win – that’s ludicrous. They’re trying to tell you who to vote for.

By: WebsideVentures

WebsideVentures — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:04:42 +0000

Cool, I just wrote about CNN’s political prediction market here:

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