Political knowledge and issue voting among the Latino electorate

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-271

  Nicholson, Stephen P ^a   Pantoja, Adrian ^b   Segura, Gary M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33749682252     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290605900208     Document Type: Article

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