The viability primary: Modeling Candidate Support before the Primaries

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-91

  Dowdle, Andrew J ^a   Adkins, Randall E ^b   Steger, Wayne P ^c  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Party elites; Polls; Presidential nominations; Primaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949119006     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908317032     Document Type: Article

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