Rivaling the PRI: The image management of Vicente Fox and the use of public opinion polling in the 2000 Mexican election

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-158

  Rottinghaus, Brandon ^a   Alberro, Irina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 21444445186     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2005.tb00312.x     Document Type: Article

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