Political judgments, perceptions of facts, and partisan effects

Electoral Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Blais, André ^a   Gidengil, Elisabeth ^b   Fournier, Patrick ^a   Nevitte, Neil ^c   Everitt, Joanna ^d   Kim, Jiyoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information; Partisanship; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION; PARTY POLITICS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 73749085708     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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