Facebook Users Help Predict Republican Election-Night Victories
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Facebook Inc., the world’s most popular social-networking site, helped predict more than 70 percent of competitive U.S. House and Senate races, based on the number of people becoming fans of candidates on the site.
Facebook members picked 74 percent of the winning candidates among 98 hotly contested House races, Facebook said today. In the Senate, more than 80 percent of candidates with more Facebook fans than opponents won their elections.