Economic voting and political sophistication in the United States: A reassessment

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-554

  Godbout, Jean François ^a   Bélanger, Éric ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic voting; Electoral campaigns; Incumbency; Political sophistication

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548841979     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907304502     Document Type: Article

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