Prediction in a Non-Partisan Election
- 1 January 1948
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Public Opinion Quarterly
- Vol. 12 (1) , 112-117
- https://doi.org/10.1086/265925
Abstract
A recent municipal election in Denver gave scientific forecasters two headaches: how could polling yield a valid prediction when most of the potential candidates were unknown to the electorate; and what effect would party labels have in a supposedly non-partisan election? This article describes the manner in which these problems were overcome, and also suggests the application of similar techniques to related fields.Keywords
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