Character counts?: Honesty and fairness in election 2000

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-248

  Bishin, Benjamin G ^a   Stevens, Daniel ^b   Wilson, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 33745584605     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfj016     Document Type: Article

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