psephology
ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಭವಿಷ್ಯ
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As you know, psephology is the formal study of elections, apparently trivial but dripping with deep, dark paradoxes.
the statistical study of elections and trends in voting.
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ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಭವಿಷ್ಯ
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Tactical voting is a dangerous game, especially when based on dubious 'psephology' .
There was another bit of the plan I never quiet understood which involved singing Marie Lloyd songs instead of calling the election while it was still winnable, but I don't pretend to have a firm grasp of 'psephology' .
As you know, 'psephology' is the formal study of elections, apparently trivial but dripping with deep, dark paradoxes.
Chapter 3, ‘On New Labour's Ups - and Downs ’, is concerned with the impact of 'psephology' (and particularly the 1950s consensus-era electoral analysis of Anthony Downs) on Labour's ‘catch-up’ strategies.
Richard Dawkins has a touching faith in 'psephology' if he believes that ‘no plausible swing could even bring us close to a Tory majority’.
The attempt to depict the President in the most negative light possible - as a deserter and shuffler - doesn't seem to have had much impact 'psephologically' .
There is plenty of 'psephological' evidence to suggest that the British electorate has become much more fragmented then it once was, particularly in the last thirty years (see, for example, Sarlvik & Crewe, Decade of Dealignment).
Yet all of these wards have, to varying degrees, relatively large number of voters, certainly larger than most opinion polls or focus groups that 'psephologists' rely on to gauge voting intentions before elections.
Even in this unique double Holyrood / Westminster ballot - a 'psephologist' 's gift - there was not one single opinion poll in the entire campaign.
Amateur 'psephologists' please note that I concede that the odds of election of more minor party and independent Senators being elected are not necessarily improved in a full Senate dissolution election mode.
Sophisticated 'psephological' exercises, opinion polling and trawling of focus groups are still less reliable political guides than human instinct.
Roughly 11m people a day read the Sun, people said by most 'psephologists' to matter crucially at elections because most are swing voters without a firm party allegiance.
While ahead of its market, its political loyalties do not always give it priority on Labour exclusives over its far-deeper-downmarket rival, Rupert Murdoch's candidly salacious but 'psephologically' crucial News of the World.
Of course, no 'psephologist' makes serious predictions until a few days before an election; too much can happen to change things.
Every credible piece of social and 'psephological' research shows that the vast majority of the public strongly favour higher taxation and higher overall spending.
Labour's landslide in 1997 was a 'psephological' freak: it was caused by Tory voters withholding their votes rather than Labour actually winning them.
He chronicles the many elections of the period 1932-3, but offers little explanation of the 'psephological' trends the polls indicated.
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