Registrants, voters, and turnout variability across neighborhoods

Political Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-375

  Gimpel, James G ^a   Dyck, Joshua J ^a   Shaw, Daron R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Context effects; Hierarchical generalized linear models; Mixed models; Partisanship; Political participation; Presidential elections; Voter turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844256443     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-004-0900-4     Document Type: Article

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