The consequences of concurrent campaigns for citizen knowledge of congressional candidates

Political Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-229

  Wolak, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign intensity; Concurrent campaigns; Congressional campaigns; Knowledge; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349111785     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-008-9069-6     Document Type: Article

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