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Could Google Rig the 2016 Election? Don’t Believe the Hype.

Artificial Simulation

A claim in a recent Politico article that undecided voters can ‘easily’ be shifted by ‘20 percent or more’ seems ridiculous on its face. We dug a little deeper.

Andrew Gelman
Kaiser Fung
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Andrew Gelman

Andrew Gelman

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