Utilizing the internet as a campaign tool: The relationship between incumbency, political party affiliation, election outcomes, and the quality of campaign web sites in the united states

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 81-95

  Latimer, Christopher P ^a,b,c,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d American Political Science Association   (United States)

Author keywords

And web site; Campaigns; Elections; House of representatives; Internet; Senate

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949159026     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680801915074     Document Type: Article

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