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Tom Miller of The Virtual Tout® was featured in the news leading up to elections in 2020 and 2021.

BBC Digital Planet Interview (October 9, 2020) #

About a month before the presidential election, Tom Miller was interviewed for Digital Planet, BBC World Service. Tom described election forecasts based on prediction markets. Portions of that interview were broadcasted on Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

Sky News Interview (October 29, 2020) #

Kay Burley of Sky News interviewed Tom Miller five days before the November election. Watch the Interview.

Fortune Articles #

Our election forecasting prowess gained recognition in Fortune articles by Shawn Tully. Initially we suggested that prediction markets can provide better forecasts of presidential election outcomes than opinion polls. Then for the Georgia runoff elections, we showed that prediction surveys provided more accurate election forecasts than both opinion polls and prediction markets.

October 19, 2020 Can Trump close the gap and win in November? Here’s what data from betting sites suggests.
October 28, 2020 This data scientist’s model shows Biden is still a 3-to-1 favorite to win—but he’s fading in the home stretch.
January 5, 2021, 5:36 AM PST Georgia runoffs: A data scientist, using a blend of poll and betting numbers, sees odds favoring the Dems.
January 5, 2021, 1:02 PM PST Georgia Senate races: Data scientist’s final prediction has Democrats taking both seats.
January 9, 2021 How a data scientist beat the polls by nailing the Georgia senate race.

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