State income inequality and presidential election turnout and outcomes

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 887-901

  Galbraith, James K ^a   Hale, J Travis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 54049107671     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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