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Long-Term Trends and Short-Term Forecasts: The Transformation of US Presidential Elections in an Age of Polarization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2014

Alan I. Abramowitz*
Affiliation:
Emory University

Abstract

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

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