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100	1		_aKEVIN ARCENEAUX _927587
245	1	0	_aDo Campaigns Help Voters Learn? A Cross-National Analysis
260			_aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _cJanuary 2006
520	3		_aRecent empirical studies on American elections suggest that campaigns provide voters with the necessary information to make reasoned voting decisions. Specifically, campaigns help voters learn about the electoral relevance of ‘fundamental variables’, such as the economy and party stances, that have been consistently shown to predict electoral outcomes. Do these findings generalize beyond the American case? This article uses cross-national survey data in order to subject this thesis to a more comprehensive test. The analysis provides further support for the hypothesis that campaigns ‘enlighten’ voters as the election draws near. Moreover, the article shows that some voters learn more from campaigns than others. Campaign effects are more pronounced among individuals with low political sophistication and those living in party list systems. Implications for future research are explored, suggesting a ripe research agenda using under-tapped cross-national data.
773	0	8	_tBritish Journal of Political Science _g36, 1, p. 159-173 _dNew York, NY : Cambridge University Press, January 2006 _xISSN 0007-1234 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c19232 _d19232
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