Reporting "the polls" in 2004

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 682-697

  Frankovic, Kathleen A ^a  

^a CBS   (United States)

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EID: 29344463899     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfi066     Document Type: Article

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