Voter ideology and candidate positioning in the 2008 presidential election

American Politics Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-210

  Jessee, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

2008 presidential election; Downsian theory; Ideal point estimation; Political campaigns; Political ideology; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649209296     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X09352722     Document Type: Article

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