Balancing in the U.S. states, 1978-2009

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-166

  Bailey, Michael A ^a   Fullmer, Elliott B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Midterm elections; Partisan balancing; Split ticket voting; State legislative elections; Strategic voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956264434     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440011406230     Document Type: Article

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