Leading the way: An analysis of the effect of religion on the Latino vote

American Politics Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-272

  Lee, Jongho ^a   Pachon, Harry P ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2004 presidential election; Catholic voters; Hispanics; John Kerry; Latino voting; President Bush; Religious affiliation; Swing voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846675572     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X06295300     Document Type: Article

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