Hey Google! will New Zealand vote to legalise cannabis? Using Google Trends data to predict the outcome of the 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum
Abstract
New Zealand held a referendum on the legalisation of recreational cannabis in October 2020. Polls preceding the referendum provided contrasting outcomes. We investigated whether internet search data from Google Trends could provide an alternative estimate of the referendum outcome. We assessed various methods for accessing Google Trends data, downloading search probability data for google.com searches from New Zealand via trends.google.com,...
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Title
Hey Google! will New Zealand vote to legalise cannabis? Using Google Trends data to predict the outcome of the 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum
Published Date
Apr 1, 2021
Volume
90
Pages
103083 - 103083
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