Compute Vote Prediction for 2010: Input Values
The equation to predict the 2010 House election is
VOTECC = 48.34 - .347*INFLATIONCC + .568*GOODNEWSCC*(15/7)
Value to be computed:
? Democratic share of the two-party House vote in 2010 (VOTECC)
Your input values:
growth rate of the GDP deflator in the first 7 quarters of the Obama administration,
2009:1-2010:3 (annual rate) (INFLATIONCC)
number of quarters in the first 7 quarters of the Obama administration in which the growth
rate of real per capita GDP is greater than 3.2 percent at an annual rate (GOODNEWSCC)