How elite partisan polarization affects public opinion formation

American Political Science Review

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-79

  Druckman, James N ^a   Peterson, Erik ^b   Slothuus, Rune ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84874501501     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055412000500     Document Type: Article

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