Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, and public opinion in the 2008 Presidential primaries

Political Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 943-961

  McKenzie, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Barack Obama; Candidate evaluations; Jeremiah Wright; Media cues; Racial attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155175495     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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