The dynamics of poll performance during the 2008 presidential nomination contest

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 866-894

  Traugott, Michael W ^a   Wlezien, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76149085209     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfp078     Document Type: Article

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