Racial Prejudice, Partisanship, and White Turnout in Elections with Black Candidates

Political Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 397-418

  Krupnikov, Yanna ^a   Piston, Spencer ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Partisan strength; Partisanship; Prejudice; Race; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929844426     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-014-9268-2     Document Type: Article

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