Birther Nation: Political Conservatism is Associated with Explicit and Implicit Beliefs that President Barack Obama is Foreign

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 364-376

  Crawford, Jarret T ^a   Bhatia, Anuschka ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADMINISTRATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871374419     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2011.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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