Likely (and unlikely) voters and the assessment of campaign dynamics

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 588-601

  Erikson, Robert S ^a   Panagopoulos, Costas ^b,c   Wlezien, Christopher ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Polit Campaign Management Program   (United States)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8744234992     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfh041     Document Type: Article

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