Symbolic ideology in the American electorate

Electoral Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-402

  Ellis, Christopher ^a   Stimson, James A ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Ideology; Liberalism; Public opinion; Self identification; Symbolic politics

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIBERALISM; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICS; SYMBOLISM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67849118612     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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