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Forecasting the 2012 American National Elections

Editor's Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2012

James E. Campbell*
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Extract

This symposium presents 13 articles forecasting the 2012 US national elections. Included in this collection are the eight national and one state presidential vote forecasting models published in PS: Political Science & Politics during the 2008 elections along with three additional forecasts and one article offering a composite of the forecasts. Although the focus remains on the presidential contest, as in past years, several articles extend their scope to cover the congressional elections as well.

Type
Symposium: Forecasting the 2012 American National Elections
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2012 

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