Party identification, economic perceptions, and voting in British General Elections, 1974-97

Electoral Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-263

  Sanders, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic voting; Partisanship; Party support

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037409472     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(02)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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