Combining national and constituency polling for forecasting

Chris Hanretty; Ben Lauderdale; Nick Vivyan

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.019

Combining national and constituency polling for forecasting

Chris Hanretty, Ben Lauderdale, Nick Vivyan

School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	239-243
Number of pages	5
Journal	Electoral Studies
Volume	41
Early online date	15 Dec 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.019
Publication status	Published - Mar 2016

Keywords

national polling
constituency polling
uniform swing
generalized normal swing

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