What's the Matter with Arkansas? Symbolic Racism and 2008 Presidential Candidate Support

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 286-302

  Ford, Pearl K ^a   Maxwell, Angie ^a   Shields, Todd ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

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EID: 85055420465     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2010.03774.x     Document Type: Article

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