Deus ex machina: The influence of polling place on voting behavior

Political Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-225

  Rutchick, Abraham M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Churches; Elections; Polling place; Priming; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952680411     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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