[kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)

Wed Nov 7 20:25:12 EAT 2012

Listers

Ali makes an important point.

The lessons are about the use of big data, and analytics and this can be
transposed into many other scenarios.  This scenarios are not utopia. There
are many here who imagine and execute ideas of this nature, albeit on a
smaller scale and in different contexts.

Even CNN's John Kings analysis (on the digital touch screen) that broke
downs different aspects provided maps that illustrated  predictions that
Ohio and Florida was going to swing Obama purely on the basis of
demographics analysis was quite rich to watch. A case study of  great data
journalism.

We have alot of very rich census data on opendata.go.ke that is begging for
smart analysis from anyone who loves the use of data to illustrate
important social issues such as poverty, health financial expenditure in
Kenya.

Thanks

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On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election (despite
> the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were won
> with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of
> technology - especially the use of Big Data.
>
> The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in terms
> of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the
> biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course.
>
> Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through
> proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the right
> leaders?
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> Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful
> thinking?
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> Ali Hussein
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> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
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> *Date:* November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00
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> Friend --
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> I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank
> you first.
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> I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You
> made this happen.
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> You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this
> campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you
> pressed forward.
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> I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing
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> Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans
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> There's a lot more work to do.
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> But for right now: Thank you.
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> Barack
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