"Sour grapes" or rational voting? Voter decision making among thwarted primary voters in 2008

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 499-529

  Henderson, Michael ^a   Hillygus, D Sunshine ^b   Tompson, Trevor ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Associated Press   (United States)

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EID: 77956274855     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfq008     Document Type: Article

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