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A Data-Driven Voter Guide for U.S. Elections: Adapting Quantitative Measures of the Preferences and Priorities of Political Elites to Help Voters Learn About Candidates
Adam Bonica
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2016, 2 (7) 11-32; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.7.02
Adam Bonica
aAssistant professor of political science at Stanford University. He is also co-founder at Crowdpac Inc

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Adam Bonica
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