Predicting and Interpolating State-Level Polls Using Twitter Textual Data

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 490-503

  Beauchamp, Nicholas ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84987639443     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12274     Document Type: Article

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