Forecasting Congressional Elections Using Facebook Data

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 579-583

  MacWilliams, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84944447259     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096515000797     Document Type: Article

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