Forecasting the Vote for a Third Party: The British Liberals, 1974-2005

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 634-643

  Bélanger, Éric ^a   Nadeau, Richard ^b   Lewis Beck, Michael S ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

British Liberal party; Electoral behaviour; Forecasting models; UK

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650443595     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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