Did Hurricane Sandy influence the 2012 US presidential election?

Social Science Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Hart, Joshua ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

2012 Presidential election; Natural disasters; Political attitudes; Psychological threat; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CYCLONIC STORMS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895161820     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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