Exploring the power of social media in election predictions

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Abstract

The forecasting of election’s outcome remained prevailed in prominence from pre-historic times and is still a delightful topic of the current era. The predictions of election results have been started from traditional methods to economic indicators and now is being swung by social media especially sentimental analysis. The present studies discuss the election forecasting methods carried out in diverse nations by the number of researchers till now. Furthermore, different number of approaches for electoral prediction using social media and economic dimensions has been investigated based on previous literature work. The main focus of this work is to study and examine various techniques, methods and parameters used for election predictions in distinct areas. Finally, we suggest some intelligent techniques which will be based upon some parameters such as the development agenda, party type and religionism etc for further modification in election prediction system, so as to enhance the accuracy of political forecasting globally.

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Koli, A. M., & Ahmed, M. (2019). Exploring the power of social media in election predictions. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 8(2), 4539–4549. https://doi.org/10.35940/ijrte.A9192.078219

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