Identify and connect the computer (1) to the politician in (2)

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Answer

As part of a publicity stunt CBS used the UNIVAC (1) to predict the outcome of a US presidential election.

While the popular media and political pundits of the time were expecting his rival, Adlai Stevenson, to win the UNIVAC predicted a landslide in favour of Dwight Eisenhower(2), which is exactly what happened.

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