The political geography of macro-level turnout in American political development

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-150

  Darmofal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

American political development; LISA statistic; Macro behavior; Partisan competition; Political culture; Political geography

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144467790     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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