Table 4.
On-the-day poll and Twitter stance predictions with adjustments for the age demography
18–24 | 25–49 | 50–64 | 65+ | Prediction | |||||
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%Leave | %Leave | %Leave | %Leave | %Leave | |||||
1.Poll results | 0.116 | 25 | 0.428 | 44 | 0.246 | 56 | 0.210 | 61 | 50.3 |
2.Projection to Twitter demo | 0.261 | 25 | 0.526 | 44 | 0.146 | 56 | 0.067 | 61 | 41.9 |
3.Twitter actual | 0.261 | 29 | 0.526 | 52 | 0.146 | 66 | 0.067 | 72 | 49.2 |
4.Poll adjusted | 0.116 | 29 | 0.428 | 52 | 0.246 | 66 | 0.210 | 72 | 59.1 |
5. Discrepancy between projection to Twitter demographics and Twitter actual (rows 2 and 3) | 7.3% |