Street fight: The impact of a street sign campaign on voter turnout

Electoral Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-313

  Panagopoulos, Costas ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral participation; Field experiments; Street signs campaign; Turnout; Voter mobilization; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; FIELD METHOD; MASS MEDIA; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349223882     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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