Senators' Home-State Reputations: Why Do Constituents Love a Bill Cohen so Much More Than an Al D'Amato?

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-560

  Binder, Sarah ^a   Maltzman, Forrest ^a   Sigelman, Lee ^a  

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EID: 0039004145     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/440239     Document Type: Article

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