Priming Predispositions and Changing Policy Positions: An Account of When Mass Opinion Is Primed or Changed

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 806-824

  Tesler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84943366143     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12157     Document Type: Article

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