The federal face of voting: Are elected officials held accountable for the functions relevant to their office?

Political Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 731-754

  Arceneaux, Kevin ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude accessibility; Democratic representation; Federalism; Responsibility attribution; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748504812     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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