Whlch Party Will Win? Advantages and Weaknesses of a Numerical Question;Quel parti va Gagner les Elections? Avantages et Faiblesses d'une question numerique

BMS Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/ Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-24

  Bilodeau, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elections; Methodology; Strategic Voting; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973450828     PISSN: 07591063     EISSN: 20702779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/075910630006700103     Document Type: Article

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