Spanish-language radio advertisements and Latino voter turnout in the 2006 congressional elections: Field experimental evidence

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 588-599

  Panagopoulos, Costas ^a   Green, Donald P ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

congressional elections; electoral campaigns; field experiment; Latino voting behavior; radio advertising; voter mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052223767     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910367494     Document Type: Article

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