Partisan divide on war and the Economy: Presidential approval of G. W. Bush

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-933

  Fox, Gerald T ^a  

^a HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; George W. Bush; In party out party effect; Iraq war; Partisan presidential popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450191922     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709344418     Document Type: Article

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