Partisan mobilization campaigns in the field: Results from a statewide turnout experiment in Michigan

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-97

  Nickerson, David W ^a   Friedrichs, Ryan D ^b   King, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745658121     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290605900108     Document Type: Review

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