Issues in presidential election forecasting: Election margins, incumbency, and model credibility

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 301-303

  Campbell, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84898840976     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096514000067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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