Re: A database of electoral results?

From: Roy Hann <rhann_at_globalnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:58:08 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <bofqbf$kiu$1_at_hercules.btinternet.com>


"Paul" <paul_at_not.a.chance.ie> wrote in message news:MPG.1a15782a4b9671269897d3_at_news1.eircom.net...
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> paul_at_not.a.chance.ie says...
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> > Does anybody know of logical and/or data models that have been used in
> > the past to model election data? - i.e. Candidate, Constituency,
> > Party, Election &c. (Sample tables and fields would be nice! 8-);
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> I'm disappointed that nobody has any input on this - I would have
> thought that it would be interesting from a database practitioner's
> point of view to expand on this topic - Oh well, I'm just going to have
> to invent my own models!

You would have to do much of that work anyway, because how else could you judge that you were selecting the correct model from among those being offered?

Roy Hann Received on Fri Nov 07 2003 - 10:58:08 CET

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