How good are voters at sorting out the weakest candidate in their constituency?

Electoral Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-461

  Blais, André ^a   Turgeon, Mathieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTION; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244335895     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(03)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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