Does Huntsman have better odds against Obama than against Romney?
Here’s an amusing deviation from our regularly scheduled programming. Dan Hopkins, a political scientist at Georgetown, had a little fun today playing with betting odds at Intrade. Based on what people...
View ArticleHow different are Romney and Perry ideologically?
Political scientists have worked for years to find ways of measuring politicians’ ideology. By far, the best method we presently have is known as NOMINATE (and its variants, W-NOMINATE and...
View ArticleBYU vs Utah: Not Just a Sporting Rivalry
This analysis was performed by Jordan Rogers, a student research fellow at BYU’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, in collaboration with CSED faculty. The writing is mostly his....
View ArticleIs Huntsman more electable than Romney?
Intrade runs betting markets on just about everything. Because people are putting money on the line, the current intrade share prices can be used to estimate the “common wisdom” among bettors about how...
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