Issue salience, issue ownership, and issue-based vote choice

An Economic Theory of Democracy.

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Engineering, Interaction Model, Political Process +22

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John R. Petrocik · American Journal of Political Science · 1996 · 2.8K citations

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A Directional Theory of Issue Voting

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Public Policy, U.s. Congress, Traditional Spatial Theory +12