Voter heuristics and political cognition in Italy: An empirical typology

Electoral Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 448-466

  Baldassarri, Delia ^a,b   Schadee, Hans ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Italy; Political cognition; Political sophistication; Public opinion; Typology; Voter behaviour

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; SURVEY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748132155     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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