Partisan strength and nonpartisanship among Asian Americans

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-408

  Nguyen, N Kim ^a   Garand, James C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Ethnicity; Nonpartisanship; Party identification; Political participation; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149100988     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08324228     Document Type: Article

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