Voting with the Christian right: Contextual and individual patterns of electoral influence

Social Forces

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1375-1401

  Regnerus, Mark D ^a   Sikkink, David ^a   Smith, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0033240207     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/77.4.1375     Document Type: Article

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