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Subject: Yale economist equation predicts US 2004 Presidential election results

Ray C. Fair, a Yale economist has developed a regression model that uses several economic variables to predict US presidential elections.

Here are predictions for 2004, which give President Bush 57.48% of the two-party vote.

For technical and non-technical explanation, see his paper The Effect of Economc Events on Votes for President: 2000 Update.


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