It therefore seems appropriate to preface this book with a discussion of why elections merit study and an examination of how much has been or can be learnt from psephology.
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Psephology
//sɪˈfɑl.ə.d͡ʒi//
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13 translations across 11 languages.
Burmese
1 entries- ဝရဏဗေဒ noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Dutch
2 entries- bestudering van het kiezersgedrag noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
- psefologie noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Finnish
2 entries- psepologia noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
- vaalitutkimus noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
French
1 entries- pséphologie noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Georgian
1 entries- პსეფოლოგია noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
German
1 entries- Psephologie noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Italian
1 entries- psefologia noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Persian
1 entries- انتخاباتپژوهی noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Russian
1 entries- псефология noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Spanish
1 entries- psefología noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
Thai
1 entries- วิทยาการเลือกตั้ง noun (the predictive or statistical study of elections)
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Let us first see how the matter of this letter-numbering or psephology stands generally. The authors think that both the Greek and Hebrew method derive from a common source. But there is no proof of this; indeed the weak point in the whole of this exposition is that they entirely neglect the historical side of the matter and give no references.
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The numbers 99, 88, and 22 seem to belong to some system of mystic psephology, Or gematria as the Kabbalists afterwards called it.
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What I want to point out here is that there is a considerable breadth of numerological practices, ranging from psephology/gematria through to practices close to mathematical physics which are deemed to be too much driven by mathematical or aesthetic considerations.
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