34th Annual Student Research Conference
The Effects of Gender, Race, Religion, Socioeconomic Status, and Socialization on Political Identification and Specific Policy Support
Olivia J. Pohlmann
Dr. Anton Daughters, Faculty Mentor
Voting in America is an important civic duty, so what determines how a person chooses to vote? Prior research has determined that gender, race, religion, socioeconomic status, and socialzation all play a role, but to what extent is unclear, and how they work together is even moreso. I conducted surveys to gather information about the respondents' demographics and their political preferences in order to answer my reserach questions: How do factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, and past experiences/socialization affect which political party a person identifies with? How do these factors affect which specific policies a person supports? My findings showed that respondent's father's political party and socioeconomic status affects political party affiliation, but there is still much more research to be done.
Keywords: Voting, Political party, Party identification, Gender, Race, Religion, Socioeconomic status
Topic(s):Sociology
Political Science
Presentation Type: Asynchronous Virtual Oral Presentation
Session: 19-2
Location: https://flipgrid.com/4edd27c9
Time: 0:00