The Increasing Racialization of American Electoral Politics, 1988-2016

American Politics Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 275-303

  Enders, Adam M ^a   Scott, Jamil S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ideology; partisanship; polarization; race; racial resentment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056999898     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X18755654     Document Type: Article

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