Made in congress? Testing the electoral implications of party ideological brand names

Journal of Politics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 823-836

  Woon, Jonathan ^a   Pope, Jeremy C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh ^*

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EID: 46849096988     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002238160808078X     Document Type: Article

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