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Definition of "psephology" [psephology]

  • The study of political elections. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "psephology" in a sentence
  • "Firstly psephology is the study of election results - you're offering lessons in crystal ball gazing."
  • "Thus those voting tactically under AV will in practice number approximately zero, compared with the millions of voters faced with the choice between a tactical vote and a wasted one under FPTP.Mike WrightProfessor of operational research, Lancaster University• The politics of the referendum No to AV campaign neutrality under spotlight over Tory party funding, 3 May has successfully blotted out the psephology."
  • "After 40 years of psephology, swingometers and tactical voting, the electorate has over the past four or five general elections shown that it has at last worked out how to impose its will on the politicians, even, as last year, in a quite sophisticated way, under the current flawed dispensation."