Phone-based GOTV - What's on the line? Field experiments with varied partisan components, 2002-2003

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 601, Issue , 2005, Pages 41-65

  McNulty, John E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; GOTV; Mobilization; Partisan; Random assignment; Turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744456482     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205278176     Document Type: Article

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