Who toes the party line? Cues, values, and individual differences

Political Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-182

  Kam, Cindy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual process models; Need for cognition; Party cues; Political awareness; Political psychology; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844448188     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-005-1764-y     Document Type: Article

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