The perils of presidential support: How the republicans took the house in the 1994 midterm elections

Political Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 345-367

  Brady, David W ^b   Cogan, John F ^b   Gaines, Brian J ^a   Rivers, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030445793     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01499093     Document Type: Article

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