Hunting the elusive young voter

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 47-69

  Nickerson, David W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Election; Experiment; Voter mobilization; Voter registration; Voter turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751349979     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J199v05n03_03     Document Type: Review

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