Clearer cues, more consistent voters: A benefit of elite polarization

Political Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-131

  Levendusky, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude consistency; Elite polarization; Experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649090283     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-009-9094-0     Document Type: Article

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