Expectation-driven assessments of political candidates

Political Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 695-709

  Moskowitz, David ^a   Stroh, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Candidate evaluation; Elections; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039336632     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3792134     Document Type: Article

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