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Party politics: nature or nurture?
In their paper, "Is There a 'Party' in your Genes?", Peter Hatemi, John Alford, John Hibbing, Nicholas Martin and Lindon Eaves suggest genetics play a crucial role in determining how people affiliate with political parties.
Published in Political Research Quarterly, the official journal of the Western Political Science Association, the thought-provoking findings claim partisan identification can be transmitted genetically, rather than socially.