Balancing, generic polls and midterm congressional elections

Journal of Politics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 705-719

  Bafumi, Joseph ^a   Erikson, Robert S ^b   Wlezien, Christopher ^c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957265206     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381610000113     Document Type: Article

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