Prior beliefs and voter turnout in the 1986 and 1988 congressional elections

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-213

  Nicholson, Stephen P ^a   Miller, Ross A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031478987     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591299705000110     Document Type: Article

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