New Accurate Polling Technique: Grindr

The question of Scottish independence has been flooding the news over the past month, and the results are in: 55% of people voted “no” on Scotland independence, and it will remain part of England. Voter turnout was massive with a whopping 86% of the population putting their opinions on the ballot. Who could have predicted such a large disparity between the yes’s and no’s?

Grindr.

A poll done by Tom Court was one of the earliest and most accurate readings collected throughout the polling process. Court asked 655 Grindr users, “Good evening, [username], do you believe Scotland should be an independent country?” and recorded their responses. It turns out that the Grindr survey ended with 54% of voters saying no — just 1% off from the real vote. When Buzzfeed asked Tom why he took on such a project, he responded:

And he wasn’t wrong. Check out some of the results below (“too horny to answer” caused our staff to laugh out loud), followed by some sample answers. To see the full Buzzfeed article, click here.