Does language matter? the impact of Spanish versus English-language GOTV efforts on Latino turnout

American Politics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 643-663

  Abrajano, Marisa ^a   Panagopoulos, Costas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic politics; field experiments; GOTV; Latino voters; political participation; Spanish language; voter mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959596935     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10397000     Document Type: Article

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