Citizen forecasting: Can UK voters see the future?

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a   Stegmaier, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

British election; Citizen forecasting; Election forecasting

Indexed keywords

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

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79956026213     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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