Unintentional voter mobilization: Does participation in preelection surveys increase voter turnout?

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 601, Issue , 2005, Pages 155-168

  Mann, Christopher B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Preelection surveys; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944477486     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205278151     Document Type: Article

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