Debates and Partisan Enthusiasm Before the 2012 Republican Primaries.

To what degree do early presidential primary debates aid party-loyalist decision making? And does this effect diminish as the debate season progresses? This study utilizes a unique, daily data set and time-series regression to chart the effect of 13 pre-primary debates on party-loyalist enthusiasm i...

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Published in:	Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 293 - 311
Main Author:	Schiffer, Adam J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jun2017
Subjects:	United States Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Facebook (Web resource) Partisanship Public opinion Elections United States presidential election, 2012 Political debates Primaries Voter attitudes
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost