Getting out the Latino vote: How door-to-door canvassing influences voter turnout in rural Central California

Political Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-263

  Michelson, Melissa R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Election; Latino; Mobilization; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042880972     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025167607369     Document Type: Review

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