Polls and Elections: Opinion Formation, Polarization, and Presidential Reelection

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-635

  Burden, Barry C ^a   Hillygus, D Sunshine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85169105124     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2009.03693.x     Document Type: Article

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