Party knowledge and candidate knowledge: Constituency campaigning and voting and the 1997 British General Election

Electoral Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 795-819

  Pattie, Charles J ^a   Johnston, Ron J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate effects; Local campaigns; Voter knowledge

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; KNOWLEDGE; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 7444238167     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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