Candidate positioning and voter choice

American Political Science Review

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-318

  Tomz, Michael ^a   Van Houweling, Robert P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 52949083634     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055408080301     Document Type: Article

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