Bing Predicts More Than 95% Of The Senate, House & Governor Elections

While some may be surprised with just how red the U.S. elections went last week, it appears Bing knew all along. Following last Tuesday’s national elections, Bing announced it had predicted more than 95 percent of the called races for state Governors, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. [pullquote]We did better head-to-head than renowned forecasters […]

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While some may be surprised with just how red the U.S. elections went last week, it appears Bing knew all along.

Following last Tuesday’s national elections, Bing announced it had predicted more than 95 percent of the called races for state Governors, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

[pullquote]We did better head-to-head than renowned forecasters including Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight.[/pullquote]

Based on search, social and other relevant data, Bing was able to forecast 34 of the 35 Senate races, 419 of the 435 House votes and 33 of the 36 Governor seats.

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Next up, Bing says it will be using its Predictions technology to forecast the NCAA March Madness brackets, NBA Playoffs, as well as NFL game predictions and Dancing with the Stars winners.


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