Did Obama's Ground Game Matter? the influence of local field offices during the 2008 presidential election

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1023-1039

  Masket, Seth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 76149125495     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfp077     Document Type: Article

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