Accuracy of vote expectation surveys in forecasting elections

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 204-232

  Graefe, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84928892864     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfu008     Document Type: Article

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