The undecided voters and the economy: Campaign heterogeneity in the 2005 British general election

Electoral Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 604-616

  Kosmidis, Spyros ^a   Xezonakis, Georgios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaign effects; Economic performance; Undecided voters; Voter heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; LEADERSHIP; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649850777     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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