Polling as a means toward presidential autonomy: Emil Hurja, Hadley Cantril and the Roosevelt administration

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 236-256

  Eisinger, Robert M ^a   Brown, Jeremy ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0032166023     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/10.3.237     Document Type: Article

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