How Do We Solve a Problem Like Election Prediction?

Fiona J McEvoy
The Startup
Published in
5 min readNov 19, 2020

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On November 3, two oppositional forces went head to head and the results were…divisive. With commentators and pundits still reeling from the poor performance of US election pollsters, it seems fitting to ask — can AI (ultimately) solve a problem like election prediction?

At least this time around, the answer seems to be no, not really. But not necessarily for the reasons you…

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Fiona J McEvoy
The Startup

Tech ethics researcher. Founder of YouTheData.com. Tech issues for non-tech audiences. @YouTheData @FionaJMcEvoy