Priming the vote: Campaign effects in a U.S. senate election

Political Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 577-594

  Druckman, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign effects; Candidate image; Deliberation; Priming; Senate elections; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043183321     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00388.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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