The electoral effectiveness of constituency campaigning in the 2010 British general election: The 'triumph' of Labour?

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 816-828

  Fisher, Justin ^a   Cutts, David ^b   Fieldhouse, Edward ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2010 general election; Britain; Campaign management; Campaigning; Electoral impact; Political parties

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81555208115     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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