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Obama and the Economy in 2008

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2009

Michael S. Lewis-Beck  and
Richard Nadeau
Michael S. Lewis-Beck
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Richard Nadeau
Affiliation:
University of Montreal
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We believe the economy was much on voters' minds in the 2008 presidential election. More formally, a traditional economic retrospective voting theory—electors disapprove of past economic conditions and vote against the government—should serve well as an explanation of Obama's victory (Fiorina 1981; Lewis-Beck 1988, 34).

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , July 2009 , pp. 479 - 483
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2009

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