Overreporting Voting: Campaign Media, Public Mood, and the Vote

Political Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-278

  Leshner, Glenn ^a   Thorson, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign media; Negative campaigns; Political cynicism; Public mood; Self reported voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034412756     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846000414278     Document Type: Article

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