Is There Truth in Advertising? Campaign Ad Images as Signals about Legislative Behavior
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- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Journal of Politics
- Vol. 70 (1) , 232-244
Abstract
We explore the extent to which the images used in House candidates' campaign advertisements serve as signals about their policy positions and issue priorities in Congress. Our analyses, based on th...Keywords
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