Polls and Elections: Do the Presidential Primary Debates Matter? Measuring Candidate Speaking Time and Audience Response during the 2012 Primaries

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 361-381

  Stewart, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84991461389     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psq.12191     Document Type: Article

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