The"Obama effect" and white racial attitudes

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 634, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-220

  Welch, Susan ^a   Sigelman, Lee ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obama; opinion change; racial attitudes; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952468951     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716210386302     Document Type: Article

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