If men stayed home . . . The gender gap in recent congressional elections

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 411-436

  Mattei, Laura R Winsky ^a   Mattei, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0032353459     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/449084     Document Type: Article

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