Forecasting Us Presidential Elections

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Holbrook, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign; Citizen forecasts; Electronic markets; State level forecasting models; US presidential election

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885037991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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