State-level public opinion polls as predictors of presidential election results: The 1996 Race

American Politics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-159

  Cohen, Jeffrey E ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Political Science ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0039596756     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X9802600201     Document Type: Article

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