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Congressional Election Forecasting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2015

Michael S. Lewis-Beck
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Tom W. Rice
Affiliation:
University of Vermont

Abstract

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Type
Essays on the 1988 Elections
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1988

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