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Barack Obama won a second term as President of the United States on Tuesday night, and he might have Oakland A's GM Billy Beane to thank for the victory.
Obama's team took a “moneyball” style approach to the 2012 election, using a team of dedicated statisticians who tirelessly crunched numbers to find any advantage the numbers could show. An article on TIME.com illustrates how Obama's organization...
