Mobilizing Latino Voters: The Impact of Language and Co-Ethnic Policy Leadership

American Politics Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 677-699

  Binder, Michael ^a   Kogan, Vladimir ^b   Kousser, Thad ^c   Panagopoulos, Costas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

direct democracy; experiments; Latino politics; turnout; voter mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911962653     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X13502848     Document Type: Article

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