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Political Ignorance and Collective Policy Preferences Martin Gilens The American Political Science Review, Vol. 95, No. 2. (Jun., 2001), pp. 379-396. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554%28200106%2995%3A2%3C379%3APIACPP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E The American Political Science Review is currently published by American Political Science Association. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/journals/apsa.html. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to and preserving a digital archive of scholarly journals. For more information regarding JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. http://www.jstor.org Sun Jan 14 00:32:49 2007

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Political Ignorance and Collective Policy Preferences

Martin Gilens

The American Political Science Review, Vol. 95, No. 2. (Jun., 2001), pp. 379-396.

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The American Political Science Review is currently published by American Political Science Association.

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Political Ignorance and Collective Policy PreferencesMartin GilensThe American Political Science Review, Vol. 95, No. 2. (Jun., 2001), pp. 379-396.Stable URL:

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1 Information Effects in Collective PreferencesScott L. AlthausThe American Political Science Review, Vol. 92, No. 3. (Sep., 1998), pp. 545-558.Stable URL:

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1 Uninformed Votes: Information Effects in Presidential ElectionsLarry M. BartelsAmerican Journal of Political Science, Vol. 40, No. 1. (Feb., 1996), pp. 194-230.Stable URL:

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10 Information Flow and the Stability of Partisan AttitudesPhilip E. ConverseThe Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 4. (Winter, 1962), pp. 578-599.Stable URL:

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14 Uninformed Votes: Information Effects in Presidential ElectionsLarry M. BartelsAmerican Journal of Political Science, Vol. 40, No. 1. (Feb., 1996), pp. 194-230.Stable URL:

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Information Effects in Collective PreferencesScott L. AlthausThe American Political Science Review, Vol. 92, No. 3. (Sep., 1998), pp. 545-558.Stable URL:

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Uninformed Votes: Information Effects in Presidential ElectionsLarry M. BartelsAmerican Journal of Political Science, Vol. 40, No. 1. (Feb., 1996), pp. 194-230.Stable URL:

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"Just the Facts, Ma'am": Political Facts and Public OpinionJames H. Kuklinski; Paul J. Quirk; David W. Schwieder; Robert F. RichAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 560, The Future of Fact.(Nov., 1998), pp. 143-154.Stable URL:

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