Does ethnicity trump party? Competing vote cues and latino voting behavior

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Michelson, Melissa R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Election; Ethnicity; Latinos; Partisanship; Vote choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248034620     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J199v04n04_01     Document Type: Article

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