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In previous work I have developed an equation explaining votes for president in the United States that seems to have remarkable explanatory power. In this paper the equation is updated through the 1984 election and then used to predict the 1988 election.
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Fair, R.C. The effect of economic events on votes for president: 1984 update. Polit Behav 10, 168–179 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00991412
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00991412