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Hillary Clinton to Win 2008 Presidential Election, Say Predictify Users
A Year Before Voters Head to the Polls, They’re Out in Full Force Predicting
Menlo Park, Calif. - November 8, 2007 - A full year ahead of the presidential election, people are already predicting the outcome of the presidential race and other political events on Predictify (www.predictify.com). Will Al Gore run for President in 2008? How many troops will be deployed in Iraq as of May 1, 2008? Will the U.S. conduct an offensive operation in Iran before the Bush administration leaves office?
Here’s what the Predictify crowd is saying:
- Hillary Clinton will win the 2008 Iowa Democratic Caucus, and men are more optimistic than women about her chances of beating Barack Obama (68 percent of men predict that Clinton will win vs. 64 percent of women)
- Mitt Romney will win the 2008 Iowa Republican Caucus, and Democrats are more optimistic than Republicans about his chances of beating Rudy Giuliani (53 percent of Democrats predict that Romney will win vs. 41 percent of Republicans)
- No candidates in either party will drop out of the Presidential race between now and the end of the year
- Illinois Senator Barack Obama will raise $26.8 million in campaign contributions during the fourth quarter of 2007
- 122,000 U.S. troops will be deployed in Iraq as of May 1, 2008
- Al Gore will not run for president in 2008, according to 96% of predictors
- The U.S. military will conduct an offensive operation in Iran before the Bush administration leaves office, according to 42% of predictors
Predictify is an online prediction platform based on the concept of collective wisdom. It combines the responses of a large number of users into a powerful collective prediction. Unlike surveys and polls, Predictify asks members to consider the likely outcome of an event, not their personal opinions or beliefs, which often results in a more accurate prediction. For example, Predictify users recently outperformed economists surveyed by Thomson Financial in predicting the October 2007 Consumer Confidence Index. Predictify users predicted an index level of 98.9, while the economists predicted 99.4; the actual outcome was 95.6.
On Predictify, members can find events that interest them, predict the outcome, build a reputation based on accuracy, and even get paid real money when they’re right. Members can also post questions about future events and collect a large sample of predictions about the outcome. Best of all, it’s free – no points or bets are required.
To start predicting today, visit www.predictify.com.
About Predictify
Studies have shown that large groups of regular people are often more accurate than a small group of experts at predicting the outcome of future events. Predictify is a prediction platform that harnesses this collective wisdom and makes predicting easy and fun. Predictify is based in Menlo Park, Calif., and can be found on the Web at www.predictify.com.
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