Supporters and opponents of donald trump respond differently to racial cues: An experimental analysis

Research and Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Luttig, Matthew D ^a   Federico, Christopher M ^b   Lavine, Howard ^b  

^a Colgate University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Election; Experiment; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030482624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053168017737411     Document Type: Article

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