Getting Out the Vote: Minority Mobilization in a Presidential Election

Political Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-138

  Stevens, Daniel ^a   Bishin, Benjamin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2004 election; Minorities; Mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952446797     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9128-7     Document Type: Article

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