Mobilized by direct democracy: Short-term versus long-term effects and the geography of turnout in ballot measure elections

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 188-208

  Dyck, Joshua J ^a   Seabrook, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 74249102518     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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