Motivated reasoning, political sophistication, and associations between president Obama and Islam

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-455

  Hartman, Todd K ^a   Newmark, Adam J ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862188460     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096512000327     Document Type: Article

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