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When Good Forecasts Go Bad: The Time-for-Change Model and the 2004 Presidential Election

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

Alan I. Abramowitz
Alan I. Abramowitz
Affiliation:
Emory University
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Despite mediocre approval ratings and below average economic growth, George W. Bush has a good chance of winning a second term in the White House according to the time-forchange forecasting model.

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Symposium
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 745 - 746
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© 2004 by the American Political Science Association

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