noun
- people who study elections and voting behavior scientifically
Usage: academic; political science
Examples
- Psephologists predicted a close election based on polling data.
- The university’s psephologists analyzed voter turnout patterns.
- Leading psephologists disagreed about the impact of social media on voting.
- Psephologists use statistical models to forecast election results.
- The team of psephologists studied demographic voting trends.
- Television networks rely on psephologists for election night coverage.