AMSTERDAM, NL—There's been a lot of controversy recently about the possibility of Russian hackers trying to influence the U.S. election, but one foreign-based company, Porn.com, that's keenly interested in the outcome conducted its own poll in order to make what it hopes are engaging and accurate predictions for the upcoming battle.
Making use of proprietary algorithms and a user-friendly polling interface, Porn.com has developed a new "Predictions" section to share valuable insight into the events and trends that shape our world. The Porn.com team has already applied this use of big data in successfully predicting the outcome of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. The Predictions page shows over 70% of those polled said the Chicago Cubs were a sure thing. Now they seek to use these same algorithms to predict the next U.S President. The long-running adult brand asked active users globally who they want to win the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and the results may come as a surprise to many.
To see the results of Porn.com's predictions page, which contains an interactive map of the states, including the number of electoral votes at stake in each, click here.
Who will be the next president of the United States? Early predictions show clear trends globally and on a national level as well. Within the U.S., over 44% of Porn.com users support Hillary Clinton as their next president while just under 37% plan on voting for Donald Trump. When comparing the two major candidates on a global level, a similar trend can be seen. Hillary Clinton has an approval rate of nearly 46% while Trump is closer to 35% overall.
Values show that 7% of all American users said they simply "don't care who wins" as the long, hard-fought campaign comes to an end. It's no surprise that world-wide, this noncommittal portion raises to nearly 9%. As with other polls from the past few weeks, the Porn.com community considers third party candidates an after-thought at best as Gary Johnson comes in with approximately 4% of the overall vote.
According to Porn.com's Predictions page, the projected winner of the 2016 presidential election will be Hillary Clinton.
Porn.com, a globally visited site, felt it would be a reliable source for data that's representative of adults around the world including the United States. Zef Rini, Public Relations for Porn.com elaborated, "The US election has been on everyone's mind. We have a significant number of users and visitors each day to mine for reliable data. This was the driving force behind our new and ongoing Predictions service. Porn surfers are regular people too and recent results show they put as much thought into politics and other issues as anyone else does."
Predictions on the 2016 U.S. Presidential election can be filtered by country, by state and viewed overall. Notable "battleground" states such as Florida shows a surprising 11% lead for Hillary just days before the election. At the time of this release, Clinton enjoys a modest 6% lead over Trump in Nevada and only a 2% advantage in New Hampshire.
Each country around the world has its favorites in this upcoming U.S. election. The Netherlands support Clinton overwhelmingly with a 12% lead over Trump while users from Australia prefer Trump as he captured 42% of the overall vote from that nation.
