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psephology

political science specialty that quantitatively analyzes elections and balloting
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psephology

Summary

psephology is a field of study[1]. psephology ranks in the top 9% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (831 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • psephology's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • psephology is a type of political sociology[4].
  • psephology is a type of political science[5].
  • psephology is part of political science[6].
  • psephology is part of sociology[7].
  • psephology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Psephology[8].
  • psephology's practiced by is recorded as psephologist[9].

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Definition and Type

psephology's instance of is recorded as field of study[3]. Recorded subclass of include political sociology[4] and political science[5].

Use and Application

Part of include political science[6], an academic major[10] and sociology[7], an academic discipline[11].

Why It Matters

psephology ranks in the top 9% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (831 views/month).[2] psephology has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] psephology is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

political science sociology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Part of → political science, sociology
    Instance of → field of study
    Practiced by → psephologist
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546372605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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