Do voters perceive negative campaigns as informative campaigns?

American Politics Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 502-530

  Sides, John ^a   Lipsitz, Keena ^b   Grossmann, Matthew ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Negative advertising; Political advertising; Political campaigns; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952491275     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X09336832     Document Type: Article

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