Kevin Coogan

  • About
  • Blog
  • Election 2016 Analysis
  • Election Forecasts — OCT
  • Election Forecasts — NOV
  • Presentations and Research
  • Videos
  • zettacap
  • 
  • 
  • 
wordpress stat

Copyright © 2026 · Sixteen Nine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

US Midterms — Republicans take a late lead

November 4, 2018 by Kevin Coogan

Social media based forecasting techniques are very similar to traditional polls and surveys in many ways, except that they leverage much larger sample sizes in real time and with more limited data distortion. Using social media and alternative on-line datasets to forecast elections worked well in the 2016 US and 2017 French Elections as ZettaCap’s […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Election, Forecasts, Social Media Influence Tagged With: Democrat, forecasts, House, Midterms, Republican, SMI, social media influence, Trump

Featured Posts

Who Won the First Democratic Debate (Night 2)?

Who Won the First Democratic Debate (Night 1)?

Michelle Obama as Reluctant Savior

2020 Democrats: Low Probability Candidates and a Reluctant Savior

Overview 2020 Democratic Race using SMI_January 2019

SMI of 2020 Democrats / ST Observations

US Midterms — SMI Trends

US Midterms — Summary of Forecasts

US Midterms — Republicans take a late lead

Bolsonaro to Win Brazil’s Presidency