A quantum approach for determining a state of the opinion

TL;DR

This paper introduces a quantum approach to model opinion states, linking politician popularity and voting intentions, and compares it with classical methods using data from the 2012 French presidential election.

Contribution

It presents a novel quantum modeling framework for opinion states, bridging political popularity and voting behavior analysis.

Findings

Quantum model offers new insights into opinion dynamics.

Classical and quantum models are tested on real election data.

Quantum approach potentially improves understanding of voter behavior.

Abstract

We propose to define a notion of state of the opinion in order to link politician popularity estimations and voting intentions. We present two ways of modelling: a classical approach and quantum modelling. We test these ideas on data obtained during the French presidential election of April 2012.