Redistricting and familiarity with U.S. house candidates

American Politics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 962-979

  McKee, Seth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate recall; Candidate recognition; Elections; Personal vote; Political geography; Redistricting; U.S. House of Representatives; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349095862     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08322881     Document Type: Article

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