One Vote Out of Step? The Effects of Salient Roll Call Votes in the 2010 Election

American Politics Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 844-879

  Nyhan, Brendan ^a   McGhee, Eric ^b   Sides, John ^c   Masket, Seth ^d   Greene, Steven ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; elections; health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865449108     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X11433768     Document Type: Article

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