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Richard Johnston

Richard Johnston is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. From 2006 to 2009, he was Research Director of the National Annenberg Election Study and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

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We agree with much of Gelman and Sides’s characterization of the 2008 election: fundamentals matter, and the economy is fundamental. Nonetheless we have a few cavils, and we think some claims can...
Emily Thorson, Richard Johnston

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