Explaining Split-Ticket Voting at the 1979 and 1997 General and Local Elections in England

Political Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 558-572

  Railings, Colin ^a   Thrasher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344552345     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00441     Document Type: Review

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