Turnout as a Habit

Political Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 535-563

  Aldrich, John H ^a   Montgomery, Jacob M ^a   Wood, Wendy ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Habit; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255134462     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9148-3     Document Type: Article

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