Public misunderstanding of political facts: How question wording affected estimates of partisan differences in birtherism

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-165

  Krosnick, Jon A ^a   Malhotra, Neil ^b   Mittal, Urja ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84897436732     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nft080     Document Type: Article

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