Do Popular Votes on Rights Create Animosity Toward Minorities?

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 910-922

  Donovan, Todd ^a   Tolbert, Caroline ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes about homosexuality; ballot measures; direct democracy; public opinion; same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878911938     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912913478839     Document Type: Article

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