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Table 2 Predicting change in vote share outcomes

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

 

Model 2.0: Baseline

Model 2.1: Baseline with corrections

Model 2.2: Full model

Model 2.3: Baseline with Wikipedia

β

SE

β

SE

β

SE

β

SE

Intercept

−0.02

(0.89)

−0.43

(2.26)

−5.75∗

(2.35)

−5.67∗∗∗

(1.47)

Change in previous national result

0.46∗∗

(0.14)

0.45∗∗

(0.14)

0.37∗∗

(0.13)

0.38∗∗

(0.12)

News

  

−0.01

(0.11)

−0.02

(0.10)

  

New party

  

2.52

(2.17)

5.08

(2.98)

4.78

(2.75)

Incumbency

  

−3.30

(4.81)

0.81

(4.33)

  

News x incumbency

  

0.10

(0.20)

0.00

(0.18)

  

Wikipedia

    

0.37∗∗∗

(0.09)

0.36∗∗∗

(0.09)

New party x Wikipedia

    

−0.26∗

(0.12)

−0.24∗

(0.11)

\({R}^{2}\)

0.17

 

0.21

 

0.42

 

0.41

 

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

0.15

 

0.13

 

0.34

 

0.37

 

AIC

398.69

 

403.81

 

389.9

 

384.11

 

BIC

404.92

 

418.36

 

408.6

 

396.58

 

n

59

 

59

 

59

 

59

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