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Which Historical Forecast Model Performs Best? An Analysis of 1965–2017 French Presidential Elections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2022

Éric Bélanger
Affiliation:
McGill University, Canada
Fernando Feitosa
Affiliation:
McGill University, Canada
Mathieu Turgeon
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Canada

Abstract

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Forecasting the 2022 French Presidential Election
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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