No more wilder effect, never a whitman effect: When and why polls mislead about black and female candidates

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 769-781

  Hopkins, Daniel J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450187288     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609090707     Document Type: Article

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