When host Kwami Sefa Kayi sought to find out the basis of Mr. Pratt's assertions, the latter noted that he is «very good
at election prediction.
Not exact matches
Using the same data a logit regression model improves the predictive power of local
elections to tell us who will win the most votes
at the next general
election, making correct
predictions 86.21 % of the time.
2) The rise of UKIP
at the 2013 local
elections dramatically alters the predicted UKIP vote share, lowers both the Conservative and Labour vote shares but also increases the margin of error around the
predictions.
Although local
election and general
election results tend to be quite similar to begin with (the two are 90 % correlated) a statistical
prediction might offer a better indicator of what is likely to happen in the future then simply taking the results
at face value.
Stay tuned for more of the final week of the race, including a look
at labor endorsements and our
prediction as primary
election day approaches.
And a final caveat — this is purely a
prediction of how the votes would have fallen out if the votes
at the last
election were counted on the new boundaries.
They are certainly NOT a
prediction of what would happen
at the next
election.
Speaking on Monday, Clegg insisted that he wants to lead the Lib Dems until
at least 2020 as he brushed off the bad set of opinion polls and
predictions of a wipeout
at next month's European
elections.
On Thursday evening
at Fordham Law School, there will be a panel discussion on «
Predictions and Expectations for the Administration of Donald Trump» featuring Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; City Council Member Eric Ulrich; political commentator Gerson Borrero; former Bill Clinton speechwriter Tony Edwards; and moderator Jerry Goldfeder, an
election law professor.
The Conservatives shocked everyone by winning a small majority
at the 2015 General
Election, despite
predictions of a hung parliament and the possibility of constitutional wrangling over who had legitimacy to form the next Government.
Newsnight looks
at why published polls ahead of the general
election proved to be a bad
prediction of the results.
Despite a tumultuous presidential
election and the constant drumbeat of
predictions about a softening art market, the sales
at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips set highs for a range of artists, including Wassily Kandinsky, Willem de Kooning, Laszlo Moholy - Nagy, John Currin and Carmen Herrera, not to mention Monet, whose grainstack sold for $ 81.4 million.
As for the charge of cherry picking, 538 was the only source I spent any time looking
at prior to the
election — I made no search for the «best»
predictions after the fact.
Look
at the polling
predictions in the last US
elections almost all opinion research is designed to push an agenda... the agenda of them that's paying the freight
I have already put down my
prediction that the Rudd - ALP will win a strong victory
at the 2010
election.
The 2016
election Trump again reminded everyone that the vast majority of experts, pundits and journalists are not only terrible
at short - term and long - term
predictions, but also their failed prognostications usually, and directly, lead to public reactions that would not have occurred otherwise, such as the post-
election anti-Trump riots.
The
Elections are over: What it means for Consumer Arbitration Five things to look for in 2015 By George H. Friedman * Back when I was Director of Arbitration
at FINRA, we used to have a «Crystal Ball Contest» where the staff would weigh in on
predictions for the coming year.