Carving voters out: Redistricting's influence on political information, turnout, and voting behavior

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-386

  Winburn, Jonathan ^a   Wagner, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

American politics; Elections; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953058650     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908330728     Document Type: Article

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