Measuring expectations: Comparing alternative approaches

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Blais, André ^a   Gidengil, Elisabeth ^b   Fournier, Patrick ^a   Nevitte, Neil ^c   Hicks, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chances of winning; Question design; Strategic voting; Voter expectations

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43049162815     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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