American Voter Turnout in Historical Perspective

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  McDonald, Michael P ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American history; American voter turnout; Elections; Founding Era; Nationalization Era; Party Machine Era; Segregation Era; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923796327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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