All politics are still local: The Iraq war and the 2006 midterm elections

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Gartner, Scott Sigmund ^a   Segura, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 38149034373     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096508080153     Document Type: Article

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