Electronic grassroots: does online campaigning work?

Journal of Legislative Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-520

  Wagner, Kevin M ^a   Gainous, Jason ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaigns and elections; Congress; Internet; Online politics; Political behaviour; Technology and politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050841171     PISSN: 13572334     EISSN: 17439337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13572330903302539     Document Type: Article

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