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Congressional Election Forecasting: Structure-X Models for 2014

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Michael S. Lewis-Beck
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Charles Tien
Affiliation:
Hunter College & The Graduate Center, CUNY

Abstract

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Symposium: The 2014 Midterm Election Forecasts
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2014 

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