Symbolic mobilization?: The impact of candidate sex in American elections

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 687-704

  Dolan, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate evaluation; Elections; Gender; Political campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750452724     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X06289155     Document Type: Article

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