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August 7, 2012 07:11 pm GMT

Is Wikipedia the key to Predicting Mitt Romneys VP?


Wikipedia might be the key to predicting Mitt Romney's pick for a running mate as the political world scrambles to figure out his nominee before the campaign's official announcement, according to a new report.

Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, 2008's VP nominees, both saw a considerable spike in the number of edits made to their Wikipedia pages in the hours before they were announced as the candidates. Micah Sifry, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, wrote for TechPresident Monday reminding the political world of the hereunto mostly overlooked fact.

"Sarah Palin's Wikipedia page was updated at least 68 times the day before John McCain announced her selection, with another 54 chang…
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