@article {4806,
	title = {Party Hacks and True Believers: The Effect of Party Affiliation on Political Preferences},
	journal = {Journal of Comparative Economics},
	volume = { 47},
	number = { 3},
	year = {2019},
	month = {2019},
	pages = { 504-524},
	abstract = {This paper examines the effect of party affiliation on an individual{\textquoteright}s political views.\&nbsp; To do this, we exploit the party realignment that occurred in the U.S. due to abortion becoming a more prominent and highly partisan issue over time. \&nbsp;We show that abortion was not a highly partisan issue in 1982, but a person{\textquoteright}s abortion views in 1982 led many to switch parties over time as the two main parties diverged in their stances on this issue. \&nbsp;We find that voting for a given political party in 1996, due to the individual{\textquoteright}s initial views on abortion in 1982, has a substantial effect on a person{\textquoteright}s political, social, and economic attitudes in 1997. \&nbsp;These findings are stronger for highly partisan political issues, and are robust to controlling for a host of personal views and characteristics in 1982 and 1997.\&nbsp; As individuals realigned their party affiliation in accordance with their initial abortion views, their other political views followed suit.},
	author = {Eric D. Gould and Esteban F. Klor}
}
