Nowcasting V. polling: The 2010 UK election trials

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-287

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a   Nadeau, Richard ^b   Bélanger, Éric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British election; Election forecasting; Nowcasting

Indexed keywords

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

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79956031826     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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