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A Different Hue of the Gender Gap: Latino Immigrants and Political Conservatism in the United States

Katharine M. Donato, Samantha L. Perez
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences June 2016, 2 (3) 98-124; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.3.06
Katharine M. Donato
aProfessor of sociology at Vanderbilt University
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bDoctoral student in sociology at Vanderbilt University
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