Using Google Search Data for State Politics Research: An Empirical Validity Test Using Roll-Off Data

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-159

  Reilly, Shauna ^a   Richey, Sean ^b   Taylor, J Benjamin ^b  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

direct democracy; issue preferences; mass media; political communication; voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868667230     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440012438889     Document Type: Article

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