Feeling good and changing one's mind: A longitudinal investigation of voters' economic evaluations and partisan choices

Party Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-54

  Johnston, R J ^a   Pattie, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electoral behaviour; Feelgood factor; Longitudinal data; Party identification; Reward punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039624860     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068899005001003     Document Type: Article

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