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NSU to use Mako Sharks to Predict Florida 2018 Midterm Election Winners
Mako Shark Close-Up
Once again, Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) researchers have tapped into their tagged mako sharks to help forecast Florida’s 2018 election winners! Off their stunningly successful Shark Race to the White House in 2016, which was one of the only polls to correctly predict the next President of the United States, researchers at NSU’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) have identified four sharks to help predict winners in a couple of Florida’s 2018 mid-term elections.
The Shark Race to the Governor’s Mansion and the U.S. Senate is now underway! What makes this project great is that voters – in fact, anyone across the globe – can follow the tagged sharks in near real-time online via a special website (www.ghritracking.org/flrace). This website allows visitors to “animate” the sharks’ tracks to see where they have traveled, how far they have traveled, and more. We also want people to share the race with others via their social media networks using the hashtag #makoprediction
You can read the full press release ONLINE. High resolution photographs of mako sharks are available upon request.
So as the 2018 election cycle draws to a close, make the best shark, um, candidate win!