Stephen Fisher and Rosalind Shorrocks.
This week’s forecast shows the probability of a Remain win reduced to 71.9%, down from 76.1% last week. Once again the forecast share of the vote for Remain, at 53.7%, is similar to all our previous combined forecasts.
|
Remain % share |
Leave % share |
Probability Remain wins |
| Betting markets |
54.1 |
45.9 |
73.7 |
| Prediction markets |
|
|
73.8 |
| Citizen forecasts |
|
|
68.4 |
| Expert forecasts |
56.0 |
44.0 |
|
| Volunteer forecasts |
54.3 |
45.7 |
76.1 |
| Polls |
51.4 |
48.6 |
63.6 |
| Poll based models |
54.5 |
45.5 |
76.0 |
| Non-poll based models |
51.8 |
48.2 |
|
| Combined forecast (mean) |
53.7 |
46.3 |
71.9 |
(Individual forecasts collected in the morning of 1st June 2016.) Continue reading Updated combined EU Referendum forecast →
Stephen Fisher and Rosalind Shorrocks.
Our latest forecast based on combining other forecasts shows a big increase in the probability that Remain will win the referendum, from 70.5% last week to 76.1% today. Intriguingly this has only been accompanied by a small increase in the forecast share of the vote for Remain, from 53.8% in the last forecast to 54.3%.
|
Remain % share |
Leave % share |
Probability Remain wins |
| Betting markets |
54.3 |
45.7 |
80.2 |
| Prediction markets |
|
|
79.1 |
| Citizen forecasts |
|
|
68.0 |
| Expert forecasts |
56.0 |
44.0 |
|
| Volunteer forecasts |
54.3 |
45.7 |
76.3 |
| Polls |
53.7 |
46.3 |
72.7 |
| Poll based models |
55.8 |
44.2 |
80.7 |
| Non-poll based models |
51.8 |
48.2 |
|
| Combined forecast (mean) |
54.3 |
45.7 |
76.1 |
(Individual forecasts collected in the evening of 24th May 2016.) Continue reading EU referendum Combined Forecast Update →
Stephen Fisher and Rosalind Shorrocks.
This is the latest of our weekly updates of our combined EU referendum forecast. There is once again very little change in the average forecast share of the vote, the average probability of a Remain win, or in any of the individual components of the forecast.
| Share of the vote |
Remain |
Leave |
| Betting markets |
54.4 |
45.6 |
| Polls |
52.1 |
47.9 |
| Expert forecasts |
56.0 |
44.0 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
54.2 |
45.8 |
| Poll based models |
54.6 |
45.4 |
| Non-poll based models |
51.8 |
48.2 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
53.8 |
46.2 |
|
Probability that Remain wins |
| Citizen forecasts |
68.2 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
73.7 |
| Prediction markets |
71.0 |
| Betting markets |
73.5 |
| Polls |
63.0 |
| Poll based models |
73.9 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
70.5 |
Individual forecasts collected 17th May 2016. Continue reading Updated Combined EU Referendum Forecast →
Stephen Fisher and Rosalind Shorrocks.
This is the latest of our weekly updates of our combined EU referendum forecast. There is once again almost no change in the average forecast share of the vote or the average probability of a Remain win.
| Share of the vote |
Remain |
Leave |
| Betting markets |
54.3 |
45.7 |
| Polls |
51.3 |
48.7 |
| Expert forecasts |
56.0 |
44.0 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
54.3 |
45.7 |
| Poll based models |
55.0 |
45.0 |
| Non-poll based models |
52.0 |
48.0 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
53.8 |
46.2 |
|
Probability that Remain wins |
| Citizen forecasts |
68.5 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
74.0 |
| Prediction markets |
69.0 |
| Betting markets |
71.8 |
| Polls |
62.5 |
| Poll based models |
74.9 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
69.8 |
Individual forecasts collected 10th May 2016. Continue reading Updated Combined EU Referendum Forecast →
Stephen Fisher and Rosalind Shorrocks
This is our latest update of our combined EU referendum forecast, updated weekly. There is no real change compared to last week in either the forecast share of the vote or average probability that Remain will win, with a clear consensus for a Remain win. This hides some movement in individual forecasts however, with the predicted probability of a Remain win from betting markets increasing, but decreasing from polls.
| Share of the vote |
Remain |
Leave |
| Betting markets |
54.6 |
45.4 |
| Polls |
51.3 |
48.7 |
| Expert forecasts |
56.2 |
43.8 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
54.8 |
45.2 |
| Poll based models |
55.4 |
44.6 |
| Non-poll based models |
52.0 |
48.0 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
54 |
46 |
|
Probability that Remain wins |
| Citizen forecasts |
67.9 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
74.0 |
| Prediction markets |
71.1 |
| Betting markets |
70.3 |
| Polls |
63.9 |
| Poll based models |
75.7 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
69.3 |
Individual forecasts collected 3rd May 2016. Continue reading UPDATED COMBINED EU REFERENDUM FORECAST →
Stephen Fisher and Rosalind Shorrocks
Last week we launched a combined forecast method, which we will endeavour to update weekly. There is very little change since the last forecast. The average probability that Remain will win has gone up 3 points because all individual forecasts now suggest a higher probability compared to last week, but there is almost no change in the average forecast share of the vote. All methods still show a strong consensus pointing towards a Remain win.
| Share of the vote |
Remain |
Leave |
| Betting markets |
54.9 |
45.1 |
| Polls |
52.8 |
47.2 |
| Expert forecasts |
56.2 |
43.8 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
54.6 |
45.4 |
| Poll based models |
55.6 |
44.4 |
| Non-poll based models |
52.0 |
48.0 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
54.3 |
45.7 |
|
Probability that Remain wins |
| Citizen forecasts |
66.6 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
74.4 |
| Prediction markets |
72.0 |
| Betting markets |
67.2 |
| Polls |
68.8 |
| Poll based models |
76.4 |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
69.8 |
Individual forecasts collected 26th April. Continue reading COMBINED EU REFERENDUM FORECAST UPDATE →
Stephen Fisher and Rosalind Shorrocks
There is a lot of evidence from the academic research on forecasting that suggests it is a good idea to combine information from different sources (e.g. here). In US and German elections generating a forecast by combining the forecasts of others has a good track record. For the upcoming US presidential election pollyvote.org provides an average of different forecasts together with excellent summaries and discussions of the different methods and forecasts.
We have developed a similar method of combining forecasts for the UK’s referendum on EU membership on 23rd June 2016. The summaries of the average forecast win-probability and share of the vote for Remain by method and then overall are presented in the tables below. Note that there are different components for each because some of the source forecasts provide only probabilities or only vote share.
| Share of the vote |
Remain |
Leave |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
53.6 |
46.4 |
| Betting markets |
53.9 |
46.1 |
| Polls |
51.4 |
48.6 |
| Expert forecasts |
56.0 |
44.0 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
54.6 |
45.5 |
| Poll based models |
54.0 |
46.0 |
| Non-poll based models |
52.0 |
48.0 |
|
Probability that Remain wins |
| Combined forecast (mean) |
66.8 |
| Citizen forecasts |
64.3 |
| Volunteer forecasts |
71.2 |
| Prediction markets |
65.4 |
| Betting markets |
62.2 |
| Polls |
63.0 |
| Poll based models |
74.7 |
Continue reading A combined forecast for the UK’s EU membership referendum →
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