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This might be an off topic question, but how do the results change (if at all) when accounting for the age of the people involved? That is, how do politicians
by NotAPerson 11y ago
This might be an off topic question, but how do the results change (if at all) when accounting for the age of the people involved?
That is, how do politicians do at predicting the opinions of people +/- 5 years of their own age (which may be different than the total for the district)?
I've always been curious if politicians are just "behind the times" (due to an average age higher than the average age of constituents), leading to systemically conservative views.
- dbroockman 11y agoTheir age doesn't predict their accuracy. With that said, I like the idea of asking how they think various age groups think. Maybe they think their district is not as young as it is, maybe they think younger voters are more similar to older voters than they are, or maybe both.
- NotAPerson 11y ago> Their age doesn't predict their accuracy. I was actually asking about the case where the demographic they're predicting the opinion of is age restricted -- are they good at predicting the views of a particular age range, even if they're not good at predicting the overall opinion? My question was just about restricting the age to be near theirs.