Policy Voting in Senate Elections: The Case of Abortion

Political Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-200

  Highton, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abortion; elections; issues; policy voting; senate

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043147776     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POBE.0000035962.48685.dd     Document Type: Review

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