The social basis of voting correctly

Political Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 366-376

  Richey, Sean ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Political discussion; Rationality; Social networks; Voting correctly

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049184042     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600802426973     Document Type: Article

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