Candidates' ideological locations, abstention, and turnout in U.S. midterm Senate elections

Political Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-93

  Plane, Dennis L ^a   Gershtenson, Joseph ^b  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alienation; Indifference; Senate elections; Spatial voting; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843133013     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POBE.0000022344.05382.b4     Document Type: Article

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