The Polls: Presidential Traits and Job Approval: Some Aggregate-Level Evidence

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 437-448

  Newman, Brian ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050713466     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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