Racial heterogeneity and the effective number of candidates in majority runoff elections: Evidence from Louisiana

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-358

  Jones, Mark P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavages; Elections; Majority runoff; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009208091     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(97)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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