Ideological realignment and active partisans in the American electorate

American Politics Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-309

  Saunders, Kyle L ^a   Abramowitz, Alan I ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Ideology; Issue attitudes; Partisanship; Realignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142768078     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X03259195     Document Type: Article

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