Of polls, mountains: U.S. journalists and their use of election surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 716-724

  Patterson, Thomas E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 29344475491     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfi065     Document Type: Review

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