Compute Vote Predictions: Input Values
The equation to predict the 2000 election is
V = .423 + .0070g3 - .0072p15 + .0091n
Value to be computed:
? Democratic share of the two-party presidential vote in 2000 (V)
Your input values:
growth rate of real per capita GDP in the first 3 quarters of 2000 (annual rate) (g3)
growth rate of the GDP deflator in the first 15 quarters of the second Clinton
administration, 1997:1-2000:3 (annual rate) (p15)
number of quarters in the first 15 quarters of the second Clinton administration
in which the growth rate of real per capita GDP is greater than 3.2 percent at an annual rate (n)