Turnout, status, and identity: Mobilizing Latinos to vote with group appeals

American Political Science Review

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 615-630

  Valenzuela, Ali A ^a   Michelson, Melissa R ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Menlo College   (United States)

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EID: 85007453199     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000305541600040X     Document Type: Article

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