Who wins nominations and why? An updated forecast of the presidential primary vote

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-99

  Steger, Wayne P ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate endorsement; Elections forecast; Nominations; Presidency

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547842643     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912906298597     Document Type: Article

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