Gender, ethnicity, and ballot information: Ballot cues in low-information elections

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-72

  Matson, Marsha ^a   Fine, Terri Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33745631238     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000600600103     Document Type: Article

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