Getting Out the Vote: Participation in Gubernatorial Elections

American Political Science Review

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 675-689

  Patterson, Samuel C ^a   Caldeira, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84974115741     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1957267     Document Type: Article

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