A technique for estimating candidate and voter locations

Electoral Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 623-639

  Burden, Barry C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate positioning; Congressional elections; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 7444248987     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(03)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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