Election Analytics (2008-Present)
Forecasting the outcome of the United States Presidential and
Senate Elections
Web Sites: electionanalytics,
election12, election08
Papers Published
1. Rigdon,
S., Jacobson, S.H., Cho, W.T., Sewell, E.C., Rigdon, C.J.,
2009, A Bayesian Prediction Model for the United States Presidential
Election, American Politics Research,
37(4), 700-724.
2.
Rigdon, S.E., Sewell, E.C., Jacobson, S.H., Cho, W.K.T., Rigdon, C.J., 2010, An Analysis of Daily Predictions for
the 2008 United States Presidential Election, Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics, 4(1),
1-8.
3. Rigdon, S.E., Sauppe, J.J., Jacobson, S.H.,
2015, "Forecasting the 2012 and 2014 Elections using Bayesian Prediction
and Optimization," Sage Open,
5(2), 1-16.
Students Involved
2018
Jason Sauppe (Senior Project Adv., Asst. Prof., Dept. of Computer
Science, Univ. of Wisconsin Lacrosse)
Wenda Zhang (Project Advisor, Industrial & Enterprise
System Eng. Graduate Student, University of Illinois)
Ajay Jain (Developer,
Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Anthony Gasek (Developer, Computer Science Undergraduate Student,
University of Illinois)
2016
Jason Sauppe (Senior Project Adv., Asst. Prof., Dept. of Computer
Science, Univ. of Wisconsin Lacrosse)
Wenda Zhang (Project Advisor, Industrial & Enterprise
System Eng. Graduate Student, University of Illinois)
Siddhartha Duri (Web Developer, Computer Science Undergraduate
Student, University of Illinois)
Rishi Jain (Developer,
Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Niraj Pant (Developer, Computer Science Undergraduate Student,
University of Illinois)
Victor Jarosiewicz (Mobile App Developer, Computer Science Undergraduate
Student, University of Illinois)
2014
Jason Sauppe (Senior Project Advisor, Computer Science Graduate
Student, University of Illinois)
Taylor Fairbanks (Team
Lead, Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Dimitriy Zavelevich (Web Developer, Math
& Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
2012
Jason Sauppe (Senior Project Advisor, Computer Science Graduate
Student, University of Illinois)
Angela Mengke Ding (Public Relations, Industrial Engineering
Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Taylor Fairbanks (Web
Master, Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Bhargava Manja (Web Developer, Computer Science
Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Calvin Shipplett (Technical Analyst, Computer Science
Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Dimitriy Zavelevich (Tech. Analyst, Math
& Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Joshua Glick
(Programmer, Computer Science Undergraduate Student, Swarthmore College)
2008
Eric Johnson (Web
Master, Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Andrew Keeney
(Research Assistant, Poltical Science Undergraduate
Student, University of Illinois)
William Kormos (Technical Analyst, Computer Science Undergraduate
Student, University of Illinois)
Aukrit Unahalekhaka (Media
Research, Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois)
Last updated: 1 February 2019
URL address: BTRI
Contact Information: Sheldon H.
Jacobson, 217-244-7275, email, twitter