Strategic voting in the California recall election

American Politics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-245

  Shaw, Daron ^a   Mckenzie, Mark J ^a   Underwood, Feffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

California recall; Political participation; Public opinion; Strategic voting; Turnout; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544300974     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X04272230     Document Type: Article

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