Incumbency and short-term influences on voters

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-373

  Petrocik, John R ^a   Desposato, Scott W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 8744299587     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290405700302     Document Type: Review

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