Racial Resentment and Vote Choice in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

Politics and Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 559-582

  Knuckey, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

And Voting; Elections; Parties; Public Opinion; Race and Ethnicity; Voting Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960757726     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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