Tea Party Influence: A Story of Activists and Elites

American Politics Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 769-804

  Bailey, Michael A ^a   Mummolo, Jonathan ^a   Noel, Hans ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elections; roll call votes; social movements; tea party; U.S. Congress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865479976     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X11435150     Document Type: Article

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