The conditional party teams of the 2008 North Carolina federal elections

The Change Election: Money, Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal Elections

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 108-139

  Heberlig, Eric S ^a   Francia, Peter L ^b   Greene, Steven H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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