The purpose of this article is to explore electoral forecasting in two-horse races in new democracies. Specifically, it applies a Bayesian dynamic linear model (coined the Two-Stage Model, TSM) to look at the 2020 Chilean two-question national plebiscite. The ultimate objective is to test the TSM in terms of accuracy (how close the forecast is to the election results), precision (how close the forecast is to other methods of prediction) and error (how the forecast deviates from perfect accuracy/precision). The article finds that while the TSM does appear to be a stable estimator, its accuracy and precision is affected under certain conditions. Using the difference in the results for each of the two questions, the article discusses how sharp...
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In Bolivia there is a strong debate about the precision in the estimation of results disseminated by...
In Colombia, social networks have become a powerful tool to disseminate political opinions, especial...
ResumenEl presente artículo trata de las encuestas de opinión realizadas en torno a la elección pres...
Election forecasts, based on public opinion polls or statistical structural models, regularly appear...
When the number of observed elections is low, subnational data can be used to perform electoral fore...
The current project explores electoral data from Spanish national elections from 2000 to 2011. Using...
Resumen¿Es posible predecir los resultados de una elección? ¿Con qué nivel de precisión? ¿Cuán útile...
Esta investigación aplica la metodología de escenarios a la estimación electoral. Para ello se siste...
Algunos resultados de las elecciones presidenciales del 3 de noviembre de 2020 en Estad...
The purpose of this article is to explore electoral forecasting and public opinion tracking in Latin...
[Resumen] La estimación electoral mediante encuesta pasa por tiempos convulsos. En pleno proceso de ...
This essay intends to take stock of the performance of the presidential elections polls of 2018. In ...
The Peruvian political landscape is dominated by the weakness of party organizations, the continuous...
This paper estimates and assesses strategic voting behaviors in Chile, in the context of the 2013 pa...
La aplicación en España de los modelos basados en los procedimientos de filtrado, imputación y ponde...
In Bolivia there is a strong debate about the precision in the estimation of results disseminated by...
In Colombia, social networks have become a powerful tool to disseminate political opinions, especial...
ResumenEl presente artículo trata de las encuestas de opinión realizadas en torno a la elección pres...