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Introduction to Forecasting the 2020 US Elections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2020

Ruth Dassonneville Open the ORCID record for Ruth Dassonneville [Opens in a new window]  and
Charles Tien Open the ORCID record for Charles Tien [Opens in a new window]
Ruth Dassonneville
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal
Charles Tien
Affiliation:
Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
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Forecasting the 2020 US Elections
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , January 2021 , pp. 47 - 51
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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