Red scare' revisiting Joe McCarthy's influence on 1950s elections

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 369-391

  Berinsky, Adam J ^a   Lenz, Gabriel S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84906346062     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfu019     Document Type: Article

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