The polls convinced many that Clinton was headed to the White House. But the polls were misleading – and one behavioral scientist thinks emotion led respondents to mislead pollsters on purpose.
It starts by making a plan.
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As Election Day approaches, candidates in races across the country will be doing everything they can to get out the vote – including turning to behavioral science.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles volunteer talks to voter Jessica Romero, 53, about the election.
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Historically unpopular presidential candidates are making voters uneasy on both sides of the aisle. An expert on conflicted voters explains why this poses an unprecedented challenge for campaigns.
Election officials scan voters’ identity documents during South Africa’s local government elections in Umlazi, Durban.
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Many municipalities in the South Africa don’t function properly because of poor management and administrative capacity. They don’t have enough appropriately qualified and experienced staff.
A surprise around every corner.
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When confronted with two options, the electorate generally gets scared and votes for the status quo. We now see what happens when both options are frightening.
Will campaigns’ data use help determine the election?
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Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The contrast between Trump’s no-data approach and Clinton’s analytics-heavy campaign offers an opportunity to evaluate the role, and usefulness, of data in political campaigns.
If the way voters interact with the leaders’ Facebook pages is any indication, social media is not having the impact on the campaign that it is assumed to have.
Local elections are taking place across 124 councils in England and will probably have a big impact on the day-to-day issues that most people care about.
There is a widespread belief that the independence referendum stumbled across the elixir for dispelling longstanding voter apathy. In the areas where it matters most, it is just not true.