Information processing and partisan neutrality: A reexamination of the party decline thesis

The Journal of Politics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 776-795

  De Sart, Jay A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84974286154     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960192     Document Type: Article

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