Too Important to Ignore? Why Ambiguity and Broad Appeals Fail with Rising Issue Salience

2024/02/16 by Jonne Kamphorst · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Judicial and Constitutional Studies #Political Philosophy and Ethics

paper · doi:10.1086/729956

Abstract

Published online: 27 June 2024

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