Case Study

Polls vs. Swarms

Polls vs. Swarms

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CASE STUDY — POLLS VS. SWARMS 1 UN A NIMOUS.A I © 2018 Unanimous AI, Inc. Polls vs. Swarms Throughout the 2016 Presidential Election season, all major national polls predicted that Hillary Clinton would be the next president of the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, forecasters put Clinton’s chance of winning at anywhere from 70% to as high as 99% in the final days, and declared her the heavy favorite to win a number of key battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Clearly the polls failed to provide accurate insights despite widespread deployment, causing those who relied upon the faulty data to make flawed decisions and take incorrect actions. While there are many reasons for this massive intelligence failure, a major culprit cited is that polls

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