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Political Scientist @CPoliticaUB
Aug 9, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Very happy to share our new article with @VanDitmars on socialization, family origins and class voting published in @BJPolS #polisciresearch #OpenAccess
👉ow.ly/W3aC50KfK2R

Our study shows a legacy of industrial class conflict still affecting voting behavior today.

👇🧵 Using panel data from 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 and🇨🇭we find that children of working-class parents are more likely to vote for the left, even when they move to a different social class. The impact of parental class of origin on left-wing support is comparable or even greater than voters’ own class