Correction: The forecast of the Norpoth & Gschwend model for the German Bundestagswahl
Written by Andreas Graefe   
Thursday, 24 September 2009 07:19
Helmut Norpoth informed Polly about the updated forecast, issued on August 24, 2009. According to the latest data, the model predicts 52.9 percent of the vote for the combination of CDU/CSU and FDP.
 

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