Ideologues without issues: The polarizing consequences of ideological identities

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue S1, 2018, Pages 280-301

  Mason, Lilliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 85049318128     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfy005     Document Type: Article

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