The Future of Election Predictions

With the House of Representatives election over, the next focus is on the Hyogo gubernatorial election. Every election, I'm amazed at how accurate the media's "projected winner" announcements are, even before the votes are fully counted. They conduct exit polls and use statistical methods to declare a winner well before the counting is complete, and that candidate usually wins.

The statistical methods devised by very smart scholars are truly remarkable.

The actual vote-counting process requires a lot of people, money, and time. If it's statistically proven to be accurate, why not use the exit poll system to determine the winner directly? In other words, either skip the actual voting or just simulate the voting process, and let exit polls and statistics decide the winner. This could save a lot of costs.

Of course, to avoid mistakes, we could occasionally conduct manual counts to ensure the new method is working correctly.

While I'm concerned about the costs of elections, it might not be necessary to worry about this for long, as we'll probably be able to vote via smartphones soon.

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