The aggregated consequences of motivated reasoning and the dynamics of partisan presidential approval

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 719-746

  Lebo, Matthew J ^a   Cassino, Daniel ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivated reasoning; Partisan groups; Presidential approval

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548932899     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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