The strength of issues: Using multiple measures to gauge preference stability, ideological constraint, and issue voting

American Political Science Review

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-232

  Ansolabehere, Stephen ^a   Rodden, Jonathan ^b   Snyder, James M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44849127932     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055408080210     Document Type: Article

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