Partisans without constraint: Political polarization and trends in American public opinion

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 408-446

  Baldassarri, Delia ^a   Gelman, Andrew ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*

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EID: 54349098759     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590649     Document Type: Review

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