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Research outputs: ELECTIONS
2020 Support vector regression and beta distribution for modeling incumbent party for presidential elections
The present paper aims to model, predict, and explain presidential election results using selected quarterly macroeconomic indicators, i.e.,...
2020 Reflections on the 2019 South African general elections: quo vadis?
The volume engages questions on land, election campaigns, voter turnout, voter apathy, and how opposition parties will be forced to co-exist...
2019 Looking good on paper: a qualitative study of ballot paper design and political party identification in South Africa
The Electoral Commission of South Africa commissioned the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to review the ballot paper used in national...
2019 Economic Freedom Fighters: authoritarian or democratic contestant?
The general elections of 2019 represented a critical test for the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF), formed in mid-2013 following the expulsion...
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