Partisan Polarization in American Politics: A Background Paper

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 688-708

  Jacobson, Gary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85164661477     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psq.12062     Document Type: Article

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