The Influence of Partisan Motivated Reasoning on Public Opinion

Political Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-262

  Bolsen, Toby ^a   Druckman, James N ^b   Cook, Fay Lomax ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Motivated reasoning; Parties; Partisan trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901037027     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-013-9238-0     Document Type: Article

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