It's Complicated: Latinos, President Obama, and the 2012 Election

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1360-1383

  Wallace, Sophia J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868578845     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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