Preelection polls and issue knowledge in the 1996 U.S. presidential election

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 35-43

  Meyer, Philip ^a   Potter, Deborah ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Poynter Institute for Media Studies   (United States)

^c Poynter Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0038448938     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X98003004005     Document Type: Article

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