Building Public Support from the Grassroots Up: The Impact of Presidential Travel on State-Level Approval

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-27

  Cohen, Jeffrey E ^a   Powell, Richard J ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 85050787821     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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