Political Information, Political Involvement, and Reliance on Ideology in Political Evaluation

Political Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-112

  Federico, Christopher M ^a   Hunt, Corrie V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Hart Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Political expertise; Political involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874110196     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-011-9184-7     Document Type: Article

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