Against all odds? The red-green victory

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"Picking Winners in electoral contests is a popular sport in Germany, as in many places elsewhere. During the 2002 campaign for the Bundestag, pre election polls tracked the horse race of party support almost daily. Election junkies were invited to enter online sweepstakes. They could also bet real money albeit in limited quantity, on the parties' fortunes on WAHL$TREET, a mock stock market run by DIE ZEIT an other media. As usual, election night witnessed the race of the networks to project the winner the second the polls where voters had cast their ballots closed. But in 2002, there was also one newcomer in the business of electoral prophecy: a statistical forecast based on insights from electoral research. (...)" (excerpt)

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 15-34
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: German Politics and Society, 21(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Bundesrepublik Deutschland ; statistische Analyse ; Prognose ; Modell ; Wahlverhalten ; Wahlergebnis ; Bundestagswahl ; Wahlforschung ; Dokumentation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Norpoth, Helmut ; Gschwend, Thomas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (when): 2003

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-258148
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST