Turning out the base or appealing to the periphery? An analysis of county-level candidate appearances in the 2008 presidential campaign

American Politics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 534-556

  Chen, Lanhee J ^a   Reeves, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

campaign strategy; campaigns; elections; presidential candidates

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955526627     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10385286     Document Type: Article

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