Abstract
This paper describes the application of statistical methods to political
polling data in order to look for correlations and memory effects. We
propose measures for quantifying the political memory using the
correlation function and scaling analysis. These methods reveal time
correlations and self-affine scaling properties, respectively, and they
have been applied to polling data from Norway. Power-law dependencies
have been found between correlation measures and party size, and
different scaling behaviors have been found for large and small parties.
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