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Issues in Presidential Election Forecasting: Election Margins, Incumbency, and Model Credibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2014

James E. Campbell*
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Symposium: US Presidential Election Forecasting
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2014 

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