Pre-election polling in Britain, 1950-1997

Electoral Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Sanders, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandwagoning; Party support; Topdog and underdog effects

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037354935     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(01)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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