How voting is like taking an sat test: An analysis of American voter rolloff

American Politics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 234-250

  Wattenberg, Martin P ^a   McAllister, Ian ^b,c,d,e   Salvanto, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042346909     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X00028002005     Document Type: Article

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