Using state polls to forecast presidential election outcomes in the American states

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Holbrook, Thomas M ^a   Desart, Jay A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

America; Forecasting; Presidential elections; State polls

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042627070     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(98)00060-0     Document Type: Article

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