Voter affect and the 2008 U.S. presidential election: Hope and race mattered

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 262-275

  Finn, Christopher ^a   Glaser, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650136814     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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