The Polls: Can Presidential Rhetoric Affect the Public's Economic Perceptions?

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 408-422

  Cohen, Jeffrey E ^a   Hamman, John A ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic perceptions; presidency; public opinion; presidential approval

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044815006     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2003.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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