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The PollyVote Forecast for the 2016 American Presidential Election

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2016

Andreas Graefe ,
Randall J. Jones Jr. ,
J. Scott Armstrong  and
Alfred G. Cuzán
Andreas Graefe
Affiliation:
Columbia University
Randall J. Jones Jr.
Affiliation:
University of Central Oklahoma
J. Scott Armstrong
Affiliation:
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Alfred G. Cuzán
Affiliation:
University of West Florida
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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. 687 - 690
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2016 

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