Personal attributes and latino voting behavior in Congressn

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 392-405

  Rocca, Michael S ^a   Sanchez, Gabriel R ^a   Uscinski, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 43049141202     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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