Walter Dean Burnham

Walter Dean Burnham (born 1930) is an authority on American elections and voting patterns, best known for quantitative analysis of national trends and patterns in the popular vote, in developing the "Party Systems" model, and for assembling county election returns for the entire country.

Read more about Walter Dean Burnham:  Career, The Alabama U.S. Senate Race of 1962, Critical Elections, Major Publications By Burnham, Articles About Burnham

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