Red states vs. blue states: Going beyond the mean

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-248

  Levendusky, Matthew S ^a,c   Pope, Jeremy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Political Science ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79958297529     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfr002     Document Type: Article

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