Methods of Forecasting American Election Outcomes : Studies in Strategies for Prediction.

This interdisciplinary monograph analyzes presidential and legislative elections themes. Topics covered in the work include a critical discussion of all the forecasting models used in the past 20 years, and an examination of the forecasting of Presidential elections from an engineering and mathemati...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Putcha, Chandrasekhar
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Election forecasting > United States.
Election forecasting > United States > Methodology.
Élections > Prévision > États-Unis.
Élections > Prévision > États-Unis > Méthodologie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Election forecasting
Government - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Rights - U.S.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • METHODS OF FORECASTING AMERICAN ELECTION OUTCOMES: Studies in Strategies of Prediction; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1
  • A Tale of Two Models: The DeSart and Holbrook State-Level Forecast Model in 2008; Chapter 2
  • Summative Assessment of the Performance of Forecasting Models in American Presidential Elections; Chapter 3
  • The Next Generation of US Presidential Election Prediction Models; Chapter 4
  • Development of a Methodology for Prediction of inner in AmericanPresidential Elections
  • Chapter 5
  • Predictors of Success in State Legislative CampaigningChapter 6
  • ""From the Gut:"" How Real-World Political Practitioners Make Judgments; Chapter 7
  • Fiscal Policy and Vote-Getting Efficiency in Presidential Elections: A Data Envelopment Analysis, 1880-2008; Conclusion; Index

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