Does turnout decline matter? Electoral turnout and partisan choice in the 1997 Canadian federal election

Canadian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-362

  Martinez, Michael D ^a   Gill, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33745649377     PISSN: 00084239     EISSN: 17449324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0008423906060100     Document Type: Review

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