Candidate image in election campaigns: Attribute agenda setting, affective priming, and voting intentions

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-228

  Balmas, Meital ^a   Sheafer, Tamir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 77953276036     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edq009     Document Type: Article

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