noun
- the statistical study of elections and voting patterns
Usage: academic
Examples
- The professor’s expertise in psephology made her a sought-after commentator during election season.
- Psephology combines political science with statistical analysis to understand voter behavior.
- The university’s psephology department published a comprehensive study of swing state voting patterns.
- Modern psephology relies heavily on polling data and demographic analysis.
- His career in psephology began with analyzing local election results in the 1980s.
- The psephology research revealed significant shifts in suburban voting preferences.