Does the Misery Index Influence a U.S. President’s Political Re-Election Prospects?

Acceptance, Use, and Influence of Political Technologies among Youth Voters in the 2008 US Presidential Election

The visibility of network-based technologies in the 2008 U.S. presidential election is indicative of their importance as tools to inform and motivate a populace. By explaining what factors impact usage behaviors with respect to these technologies, their use can be better encouraged. In this paper, the authors examine the constructs influencing usage behaviors for political technologies using th...

Wars , Presidents and Popularity : The Political Cost ( s ) of War Re - examined

Extensive research demonstrates that war casualties depress incumbent popularity. The present study argues that analyses of the political costs of warfare should also account for the financial toll of wars since a) financial costs of wars are substantial, b) these costs are publicly observed and understood and c) fiscal policy affects incumbents' approval ratings. Empirical evidence based on US...

SA's happiness-and misery-index.

Modeling and forecasting US presidential election using learning algorithms

The primary objective of this research is to obtain an accurate forecasting model for the US presidential election. To identify a reliable model, artificial neural networks (ANN) and support vector regression (SVR) models are compared based on some specified performance measures. Moreover, six independent variables such as GDP, unemployment rate, the president’s approval rate, and others are co...

French researchers ponder election prospects

The Tour de France traditionally includes a short foray into one of the neighbouring countries. This year, it is set to start from Britain. Similarly, Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently holds the yellow jersey of the poll leader in a French race that is only held every five years, visited London at the beginning of February in order to draw international attention to his campaign. Or to show off hi...