Were bush tax cut supporters "simply ignorant?" a second look at conservatives and liberals in "homer gets a tax cut"

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 773-784

  Lupia, Arthur ^a   Levine, Adam Seth ^a   Menning, Jesse O ^c   Sin, Gisela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 36749011240     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592707072210     Document Type: Review

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