The geographic dimensions of electoral polarization in the 2004 U.S. presidential vote

Advances in Spatial Science

Volumn 63, Issue , 2010, Pages 253-285

  Wing, Ian Sue ^a   Walker, Joan L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84890475085     PISSN: 14309602     EISSN: 21979375     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03326-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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