A new look at split-ticket outcomes for house and president: The comparative midpoints model

Journal of Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-50

  Grofman, Bernard ^a   Koetzle, William ^d   McDonald, Michael P ^b   Brunell, Thomas L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Stt Univ of New York at Binghamton ^*

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EID: 0034134722     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00002     Document Type: Article

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