What Happens When Extremists Win Primaries?

American Political Science Review

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-42

  Hall, Andrew B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937960698     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055414000641     Document Type: Review

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