Psephology
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Psephology is a branch of political science, the "quantitative analysis of elections and balloting". As such, psephology attempts to scientifically explicate elections.
Psephology uses historical precinct voting data, public opinion polls, campaign finance information and similar statistical data. The term was coined in 1948 in the United Kingdom by W. F. R. Hardie (1902–1990) after he was asked by his friend R. B. McCallum for a word to describe the study of elections; first written use in 1952. Social choice theory is a different field of study that studies voting from a mathematical perspective.
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See also
- British Polling Council
- Electoral Calculus
- Electoral geography
- Opinion poll
- Political analyst
- Political data scientists
- Political forecasting
- Swing (politics)
- Types of democracy
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