<p>Political party identification (PID) is among the most studied concepts in modern political science. Scholars have long held that PID was the result of socialisation factors, including parental socialisation. <br /><br />The possibility that partisan identification could be transmitted genetically rather than socially was not considered and largely left untested. <br /><br />Using quantitative genetic models, Peter K. Hatemi, assistant professor in political science at the University of Iowa (U-I) and colleagues examined the sources of party identification and the intensity of that identification. <br /><br />Together with recent examinations of political attitudes and vote choice, their findings begin to provide a more complete picture of the source of partisanship and the complex nature of the political phenotype, said an Iowa varsity release.<br /><br />These findings were published recently in the Political Research Quarterly, the journal of the Western Political Science Association.<br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Political party identification (PID) is among the most studied concepts in modern political science. Scholars have long held that PID was the result of socialisation factors, including parental socialisation. <br /><br />The possibility that partisan identification could be transmitted genetically rather than socially was not considered and largely left untested. <br /><br />Using quantitative genetic models, Peter K. Hatemi, assistant professor in political science at the University of Iowa (U-I) and colleagues examined the sources of party identification and the intensity of that identification. <br /><br />Together with recent examinations of political attitudes and vote choice, their findings begin to provide a more complete picture of the source of partisanship and the complex nature of the political phenotype, said an Iowa varsity release.<br /><br />These findings were published recently in the Political Research Quarterly, the journal of the Western Political Science Association.<br /><br /><br /></p>