Campaigns, Polls, and the States: Assessing the Accuracy of Statewide Presidential Trial-Heat Polls

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-439

  DeSart, Jay ^a   Holbrook, Thomas ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 0742286724     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290305600405     Document Type: Review

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