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C I Host's First Presidential Poll -- 'Right On The Money With Bush |
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DALLAS - C I Host, a global leader in Web hosting and software development, on the eve of the election released its first presidential poll results with uncanny accuracy, predicting Bush's victory.
Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host, quipped, "Early on we were worried about margin of error, as we quickly distributed a questionnaire among our 210,000 clients. With the pinpoint accuracy of our prediction, I think now we can safely say our margin of error was 'zero.' We will do more of this."
C I Host analyzed responses from more than 27,000 clients - a survey sample larger than many of the professional polling institutions. Forty-nine percent of C I Host's respondents - primarily small- to medium-sized businesses - awarded incumbent George W. Bush the victory. Forty-five percent voted for John Kerry. (According to CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times, President Bush was re-elected by a margin of 51-48.)
"It appears in our business poll Ralph Nader and Michael Badnarik made more of a showing than in the popular vote," Faulkner said. "One can build a case that may be indicative of the entrepreneurial spirit of our clients."
The 2004 election set numerous records and historical achievements, including the most voter participation since 1968, with 120 million participants, and the first Republican repeat since Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Faulkner credited the combination of the Internet and C I Host's vast "captive audience" for the ability to create an expedient, accurate and credible survey. The hosting firm plans to utilize this strength more, launching periodic polls ranging from politics to pop culture.
For a copy of the complete survey, including general comments about the election, e-mail pr@cihost.com.
About C I Host
C I Host (www.cihost.com), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) serving 210,000 individual consumers and businesses in 190 countries worldwide.
C I Host creates business-class Web hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names.
C I Host is HIPAA-compliant and has passed the SAS70 Type I audit.
C I Host has been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.
C I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce on today's Web. The company offers innovative packages and services to the Internet community.
C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and London.
All telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly owned and operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel generator backups and a temperature-controlled secure environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire protection guard against any data loss. To deliver speed and reliability, C I Host's servers are connected to two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3 lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total of more than 5 Gigabits of available bandwidth.
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Editorial Contact:
D. Kent Pingel
Public Relations Director
C I Host
888-868-9931 ext. 7006
kentp@cihost.com |
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