Psephologists:
Psephology (/sɪˈfɒlədʒi/; from Greek ψῆφος, psephos, ‘pebble’, as the Greeks used pebbles as ballots) is a branch of political science, the “quantitative analysis of elections and balloting”. As such, psephology attempts to scientifically explicate elections. [Wikipedia]
Noted in an email:
Polling disaster: Australian psephologists are facing a barrage of criticism for their failure to predict the Coalition’s election victory.
