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Let’s Be Honest about Election Forecasting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2020

Jennifer Nicoll Victor*
Affiliation:
George Mason University

Abstract

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Type
Forecasting the 2020 US Elections
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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