Candidate image and electoral preference in Britain

British Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-349

  Shephard, Mark ^a   Johns, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballot design; British elections; Candidate evaluation; Candidate image; Trait attribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950313582     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2008.8     Document Type: Article

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