The swing voter in American presidential elections

American Politics Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-388

  Mayer, William G ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral volatility; Independent voters; Partisanship; Party identification; Split ticket voting; Swing voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147196667     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X06297000     Document Type: Article

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