Measuring district-level partisanship with implications for the analysis of U.S. elections

Journal of Politics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 736-753

  Levendusky, Matthew S ^a   Pope, Jeremy C ^b,d   Jackman, Simon D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Pennsylvania ^*

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EID: 46849111832     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381608080729     Document Type: Article

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