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Project Houdini is a computer program used by the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Although it originally had missteps, it has been credited with helping increase
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turnout over the 2004 election. It has been compared to
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, which failed under similar circumstances for the Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.


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