President Obama and Gay Rights: The 2008 and 2012 presidential elections

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 442-448

  McThomas, Mary ^a   Buchanan, Robert J ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862196345     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096512000315     Document Type: Article

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