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Post-Election Reflections on Our Pre-Election Predictions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2005
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Prior to the 2004 presidential election we provided forecasts of the final vote relying on two different models. The first model follows what we did in 1996 and 2000 and relies on two variables:
the cumulated weighted growth in leading economic indicators (LEI) through the 13th quarter of the sitting president's term—March of the election year—which provides advance information about income growth leading up to Election Day while also summarizing prior income growth; and
the current value of presidential approval, which absorbs some economic effects but also reflects non-economic aspects of incumbent performance.
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