"Psephos " is a Greek word meaning " pebble ", a reference to the Ancient Greek method of voting by dropping pebbles into urns, and is the root of the word psephology, the study of elections.
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You could abandon psephology as a load of fuzzy science and put your faith in the self-proclaimed sages who claim never to have called a race wrong ( most of whom seem to be propping up the bar at Harry's in Paris ).
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:: Aside from that I've written some articles which fit into the category of : Category : Hopf algebras ( mathematics ) and : Category : Statistical mechanics ( physics ), geographical and psephology ( election ) articles about South Australia, where I live, as well as maintaining and expanding Cricket articles.
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In the 20th century, the study of ideology, behaviouralism and international relations led to a multitude of'pol-sci'subdisciplines including rational choice theory, voting theory, game theory ( also used in economics ), psephology, political geography / geopolitics, political psychology / political sociology, political economy, policy analysis, public administration, comparative political analysis and peace studies / conflict analysis.
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It is similar to tools like ACORN and MOSAIC ( both mentioned within my piece, both of which feature on Wikipedia ) in that it was initially developed commercially, but has increasing usage in social research, political communications, policy development, social marketing, etc . As class affiliations become less of a factor in psephology and other forms of behaviour change research, models like Values Modes are becoming more and more common.
