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Author Lau, Richard R.

Title How voters decide [electronic resource] : information processing during election campaigns / Richard R. Lau, David P. Redlawsk.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description xvii, 344 p. : ill.
Series Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology
Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-333) and index.
Contents Introduction -- A new theory of voter decision making -- Studying voting as a process -- What is correct voting? -- What voters do : a first cut -- Individual differences in information processing -- Campaign effects on information processing -- Evaluating candidates -- Voting -- Voting correctly -- Political heuristics -- A look back and a look forward -- Appendix A: Detailed examples of decision strategies in action -- Appendix B: How the dynamic information board works -- Appendix C: Overview of experimental procedures -- Appendix D: Detailed decision scripts -- Appendix E: Calculating the on-line evaluation counter.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Voting research -- United States.
Elections -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Redlawsk, David P.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0521848598 (hardback)
052161306X (pbk.)
9780521848596 (hardback)
9780521613064 (pbk.)

 
    
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