Implicit attitudes about social groups persist independently of explicit beliefs and can influence not only social behavior, but also medical and legal practices. Although examples presented in the laboratory can alter such implicit attitudes, it is unclear whether the same influence is exerted by real-world exemplars. Following the 2008 US election, Plant et al. reported that the Implicit Asso...

It is well known among researchers and practitioners that election polls su↵er from a variety of sampling and non-sampling errors, often collectively referred to as total survey error. Reported margins of error typically only capture sampling variability, and in particular, generally ignore non-sampling errors in defining the target population (e.g., errors due to uncertainty in who will vote)....

this study questions why this is so and analyses the factors that prevent women from participating in the parliamentary election in iran. the purpose of this research is to study the an analysis of the factors influencing women’s participation in the parliamentary election in iran. it focuses on socio-political factors influencing the participation of women as electorate in the five general ele...

With more data becoming publicly available, strategical data-mining has become en vogue. Most notably, public figures with strong analytical sense such as Dan Silver and Dan Wagner have been able to use data to make accurate election and voter predictions, with the former gaining notice for accuracy in predicting the state votes of the 2008 presidential election, and the latter being brought on...

This article examines the 2006 Berlin Land election, including the election campaigns of the main parties, the results, and the process of post-election coalition formation. While few doubted that the SPD would emerge as the largest party, and that the highly popular Klaus Wowereit would continue as Berlin’s governing mayor; the big questions were what coalition he would lead and whether Berlin...