Verbal ability as a predictor of political preferences in the United States, 1974-2012

Intelligence

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-143

  Meisenberg, Gerhard ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

GSS; Liberalism; Party preference; Voting; Wordsum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922447046     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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