Looking like a winner: Candidate appearance and electoral success in new democracies

World Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-593

  Lawson, Chappell ^a   Lenz, Gabriel S ^a   Baker, Andy ^a   Myers, Michael ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650300707     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887110000195     Document Type: Article

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