Giving voice to Latino voters: A field experiment on the effectiveness of a National nonpartisan mobilization effort

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 601, Issue , 2005, Pages 66-84

  Ramírez, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canvassing; Latino voters; NALEO; Random assignment; Voces del Pueblo; Voter mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944530073     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205278422     Document Type: Article

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