How the Polls Can Be Both Spot On and Dead Wrong: Using Choice Blindness to Shift Political Attitudes and Voter Intentions

Lars Hall; Thomas Strandberg; Philip Pärnamets; Andreas Lind; Betty Tärning; Petter Johansson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060554

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How the Polls Can Be Both Spot On and Dead Wrong: Using Choice Blindness to Shift Political Attitudes and Voter Intentions

Lars Hall,

Affiliation Lund University Cognitive Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Thomas Strandberg,

Affiliation Lund University Cognitive Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Philip Pärnamets,

Affiliation Lund University Cognitive Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Andreas Lind,

Affiliation Lund University Cognitive Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Betty Tärning,

Affiliation Lund University Cognitive Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Petter Johansson

* E-mail: petter.johansson@lucs.lu.se

Affiliations Lund University Cognitive Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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How the Polls Can Be Both Spot On and Dead Wrong: Using Choice Blindness to Shift Political Attitudes and Voter Intentions

Lars Hall,
Thomas Strandberg,
Philip Pärnamets,
Andreas Lind,
Betty Tärning,
Petter Johansson

Published: April 10, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060554

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