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Helmut NorpothProfessorPolitical ScienceCollege of Arts and Sciences
Biography
Helmut Norpoth is co-author of The American Voter Revisited, covering the images of presidential candidates, party identification, and why Americans
turn out to vote. He has also written a book about public reactions to British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher, especially her economic and foreign policies. Norpoth
has designed models to forecast elections in the U.S., Britain, and Germany. His Primary
Model correctly predicted Obama's re-election as early as February of 2012 and correctly
predicted that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States.
Education
- PhD and MA, The University of Michigan
- BA, The Free University of Berlin
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