The Second Face of the Public Presidency: Presidential Polling and the Shift from Policy to Personality Polling

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 536-556

  Jacobs, Lawrence R ^a   Burns, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85044801732     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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