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Table 1 Predicting absolute vote share outcomes

From: Wikipedia traffic data and electoral prediction: towards theoretically informed models

 

Model 1.0: Baseline

Model 1.1: Baseline with corrections

Model 1.2: Full model

β

SE

β

SE

β

SE

Intercept

5.80∗∗∗

(1.16)

3.32

(1.68)

0.82

(1.94)

Previous national result

0.61∗∗∗

(0.06)

0.29∗∗

(0.09)

0.33∗∗∗

(0.09)

News

  

0.45∗∗∗

(0.10)

0.41∗∗∗

(0.10)

New party

  

−0.73

(1.64)

1.26

(2.53)

Incumbency

  

−6.75

(3.57)

−4.91

(3.55)

News x incumbency

  

0.26

(0.15)

0.19

(0.15)

Wikipedia

    

0.18∗

(0.08)

New party x Wikipedia

    

−0.15

(0.10)

\({R}^{2}\)

0.67

 

0.79

 

0.81

 

Adjusted \({R}^{2}\)

0.66

 

0.77

 

0.78

 

AIC

386.32

 

368.44

 

366.43

 

BIC

392.55

 

382.98

 

385.13

 

n

59

 

59

 

59

 
  1. ∗ p<0.05, ∗∗ p<0.01, ∗∗∗ p<0.001.