美民調專家打賭大選結果失敗 履行諾言直播吃蟲

A Princeton University polling expert who said he would eat a bug if Donald Trump got more than 240 electoral votes has followed through on his promise.

普林斯頓大學一位民調專家在總統大選前表示，如果特朗普贏得240票以上，那麼他就會吃蟲子。如今，他兌現了這一諾言。

Sam Wang, of the Princeton Election Consortium, made good on his Twitter word on CNN last Saturday.

普林斯頓選舉團的Sam Wang博士上週六在接受CNN採訪時，兌現了他在推特上的承諾。

Wang ate from a can of gourmet-style crickets and added in some honey.

他吃掉了一個罐子中的一些美味的蟋蟀，還添加了一些蜂蜜。

He said John the Baptist ate locusts and honey in the wilderness, and he considers himself to be in the wilderness as well.

Sam Wang表示，施洗約翰在荒野裏吃過蝗蟲和野蜜，他覺得自己現在也像是在荒野裏。

Wang says on the consortium's website that polls failed, but that his analysis "amplified" that failure.

在該團體的網站上，Sam Wang表示，民調失敗了，而他的預測“放大了”這個結果。

He apologized for "underestimating the possibility" of Trump winning.

他爲自己“低估了特朗普勝選的可能性”而道歉。

Wang is a data scientist and neuroscientist at Princeton in New Jersey, US.

Sam Wang現在是美國新澤西州普林斯頓大學的一名數據專家，同時也是一位神經系統科學家。