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The 2002 Midterm Election: A Typical or an Atypical Midterm?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2003

James E. Campbell
James E. Campbell
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professor of political science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. He is the author of The American Campaign: U.S. Presidential Campaigns and the National Vote (Texas A&M, 2000), Cheap Seats: The Democratic Party's Advantage in U.S. House Elections (Ohio State, 1996), and The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections (Kentucky, 1997) and the co-editor of Before the Vote: Forecasting American National Elections (Sage, 2000). His research on American electoral politics has also been published in numerous scholarly journals and books. He can be reached at jcampbel@acsu.buffalo.edu
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 203 - 207
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