Congress and citizen discontent: Public evaluations of the membership and one's own representative

American Politics Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-80

  Farnsworth, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a Mary Washington College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 21144434894     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X02238580     Document Type: Review

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