Are blacks and latinos responsible for the passage of Proposition 8? analyzing voter attitudes on California's proposal to ban same-sex marriage in 2008

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 922-932

  Abrajano, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Proposition 8; race ethnicity; same sex marriage; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649870794     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910373555     Document Type: Article

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