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Department of Mathematics, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18703, USA. This work was in part a project for the NSF Chautaugua-Type Short Course on Mathematical Modelling and Voting directed by Professor William Lucas at Syracuse University, 1976–1977.
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Merrill, S. Empirical estimates for the likelihood of a divided verdict in a presidental election. Public Choice 33, 127–133 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118363
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