Rocking the vote using personalized messages to motivate voting among young adults

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-52

  Burgess, Diana ^a   Haney, Beth ^c   Snyder, Mark ^b   Sullivan, John L ^c   Transue, John E ^c  

^a GENERAL MILLS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034335479     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316758     Document Type: Article

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