The mobilization solution? Face-to-face contact and voter turnout in a municipal election

Journal of Politics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 868-884

  Niven, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3543086383     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2004.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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