Religion and Political Socialization in Context: A Regional Comparison of the Political Attitudes of American Jews
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https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.2004.25.0.99-116Abstract
The partisanship and ideological self-identification of Southern Jews in the United States are compared with those of Jews living outside the South. While there are few differences in the marginal distributions of these variables between the regions when the South is considered as a whole, we find that Jews living in Southern states other than Florida are more likely to consider themselves conservatives, while Jews living in Florida are more likely to identify with the Democratic Party. Further, political orientations are more differentiated among Jews outside the South. The implications of these findings for more general models of religious socialization are discussed.References
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