Aggregate level forecasting of the 2010 general election in Britain: The Seats-Votes model

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-283

  Whiteley, Paul ^a   Sanders, David ^a   Stewart, Marianne ^a,b   Clarke, Harold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

British election; Election forecasting; Seats Votes model

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTY POLITICS; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79956000129     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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