Combining national and constituency polling for forecasting

Article
Elections
Public Opinion
Authors

Chris Hanretty

Ben Lauderdale

Nick Vivyan

Published

March 1, 2016

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.

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Replication data

Replication code can be found at GitHub

Citation

Hanretty, Chris, Ben Lauderdale, and Nick Vivyan. 2016. “Combining National and Constituency Polling for Forecasting.” Electoral Studies 41 (March): 239–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.019.