Who wants to discuss vote choices with others? polarization in preferences for deliberation

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 474-496

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Huber, Gregory A ^a   Doherty, David ^b   Dowling, Conor M ^c   Hill, Seth J ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84879634800     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfs057     Document Type: Article

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