God talk: Religious cues and electoral support

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-339

  Calfano, Brian Robert ^a   Djupe, Paul A ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Party candidates; Religion; Republican code; Shared social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651015218     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908319605     Document Type: Article

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