Dynamics of diffusion: Aggregate patterns in congressional campaign agendas

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-534

  Sulkin, Tracy ^a   Evans, Jillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Candidate strategy; Congress; Congressional campaigns; Elections; Political agendas

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744907068     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X06286369     Document Type: Article

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