Most parents do not successfully transmit their political values to their children, study finds

Less than half of all people in the United States adopt their parents’ political party affiliation, according to new research published in the British Journal of Political Science.The study also discovered some factors that appear to influence whether parents successfully transmit their partisan identities to their children.“Most parents want to raise their children with the ‘right’ values. What is right, of course, depends upon the parent but understanding what factors might aid or harm a parent’s ability to successful transmit their values to their children is important to many, particularly...

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