Racial salience and the Obama vote

Political Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 963-988

  Schaffner, Brian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Barack Obama; Elections; Prejudice; Race; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155175470     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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