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The Trial-Heat and Seats-in-Trouble Forecasts of the 2016 Presidential and Congressional Elections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2016

James E. Campbell
James E. Campbell*
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University at Buffalo, SUNY
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Symposium: Forecasting the 2016 American National Elections
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 49 , Special Issue 4: Elections in Focus , October 2016 , pp. 664 - 668
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2016 

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