Religious stereotyping and voter support for evangelical candidates

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-354

  McDermott, Monika L ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate religion; Evangelicals; Information shortcuts; Stereotypes; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651092225     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908320668     Document Type: Article

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