Penalizing the Party: Health Care Reform Issue Voting in the 2010 Election

American Politics Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 903-926

  Konisky, David M ^a   Richardson, Lilliard E ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Congressional elections; health policy; issue voting; state elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865495203     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X11434141     Document Type: Article

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