Fear and loathing in California: Contextual threat and political sophistication among Latino voters

Political Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-286

  Pantoja, Adrian D ^a   Segura, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballot initiatives; Information; Latinos; Proposition 187; Sophistication; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041378017     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025119724207     Document Type: Review

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