Far from the (Conservative) tree? Sexuality and intergenerational partisan preferences
Far from the (Conservative) tree? Sexuality and intergenerational partisan preferences
A rich pedigree in political sociology establishes the intergenerational nature of political dispositions. In this paper, I present a theoretical argument positing that the acquisition of non-hereditary social identities, such as those related to sexual orientation, can disrupt this intergenerational transmission. Leveraging data from the British Election study, I find that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, particularly those who from Conservative-voting homes, are significantly more likely to break away from the partisan attachments transmitted by the symmetrically partisan households of their heterosexual peers. These findings have implications for theories regarding the intergenerational transmission of political dispositions and signals that LGB individuals, who seek out socialisation experiences beyond those of shared social and structural equivalence with their family and local ecology, are more inclined to form political attachments independently of their parents.
Electoral behaviour, LGBT, intergenerational politics, partisanship, political socialisation, sexuality
Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
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Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
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Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
(2024)
Far from the (Conservative) tree? Sexuality and intergenerational partisan preferences.
Journal of European Public Policy.
(doi:10.1080/13501763.2024.2332713).
Abstract
A rich pedigree in political sociology establishes the intergenerational nature of political dispositions. In this paper, I present a theoretical argument positing that the acquisition of non-hereditary social identities, such as those related to sexual orientation, can disrupt this intergenerational transmission. Leveraging data from the British Election study, I find that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, particularly those who from Conservative-voting homes, are significantly more likely to break away from the partisan attachments transmitted by the symmetrically partisan households of their heterosexual peers. These findings have implications for theories regarding the intergenerational transmission of political dispositions and signals that LGB individuals, who seek out socialisation experiences beyond those of shared social and structural equivalence with their family and local ecology, are more inclined to form political attachments independently of their parents.
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Far from the Conservative tree Sexuality and intergenerational partisan preferences
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 March 2024
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Electoral behaviour, LGBT, intergenerational politics, partisanship, political socialisation, sexuality
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