Canvasser affect and voter response: Results from national focus groups

American Politics Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 718-758

  Gillespie, Andra ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaigns; Canvassing; Elections; Focus groups; GOTV; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954231216     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X09353503     Document Type: Article

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