Metropolitan, Nonmetropolitan, and Sectional Variations in Voting Behavior in Recent Presidential Elections
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Political Quarterly
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0043-4078
DOI: 10.1177/106591298804100105