Seeing Red (and Blue): Effects of Electoral College Depictions on Political Group Perception

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 269-282

  Rutchick, Abraham M ^a   Smyth, Joshua M ^b   Konrath, Sara ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 77950771279     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2009.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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