Rich state, poor state, red state, blue state: What's the matter with connecticut?

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-367

  Gelman, Andrew ^a   Shor, Boris ^b   Bafumi, Joseph ^c   Park, David ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability heuristic; Ecological fallacy; Hierarchical model; Income and voting; Multilevel model; Presidential elections; Public opinion; Secret weapon; Varying slope model

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249126726     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00006026     Document Type: Article

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