Polls and Elections: Did Character Count? Candidate Traits and the 2016 Presidential Vote.
The 2016 presidential election featured two candidates whose personal qualities Americans held in exceptionally low regard. Voters perceived Hillary Clinton to be knowledgeable, but dishonest. Assessments of Donald Trump were historically poor across the board. Because both candidates suffered from...
| Publicado en: | Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 666 - 690 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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