Combining national and constituency polling for forecasting
Hanretty, Chris; Lauderdale, Ben; and Vivyan, Nick
(2016)
Combining national and constituency polling for forecasting.
Electoral Studies, 41.
pp. 239-243.
ISSN 0261-3794
We describe a method for forecasting British general elections by combining national and constituency polling. We reconcile national and constituency estimates through a new swing model.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | national polling,constituency polling,uniform swing,generalized normal swing |
| Departments | Methodology |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.019 |
| Date Deposited | 03 Feb 2016 09:47 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/65213 |