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- ↑ Shearer, Lee (24 January 2017). "UGA professor: Strange presidential election hinged on small numbers of voters". OnlineAthens.
- ↑ "Charles S. Bullock III Vitae" (PDF). University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. University of Georgia.
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- ↑ Jonsson, Patrik (17 August 2016). "Might deep red Georgia really go for Clinton?". Christian Science Monitor.
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