It Runs in the Family: A Study of Political Candidacy Among Swedish Adoptees.

ABSTRACT: What motivates citizens to run for office? Recent work has shown that early life parental socialization is strongly associated with a desire to run for office. However, parents not only shape their children's political environment, they also pass along their genes to those same children. A growing area of research has shown that individual differences in a wide range of political behaviors and attitudes are linked to genetic differences. As a result, genetic factors may confound the observed political similarities among parents and their children. This study analyzes Swedish register data containing information on all nominated and elected candidates in the ten parliamentary, county council, and municipal elections from 1982 to 2014 for a large sample of adoptees and their adoptive and bio

SUBMITTER: Oskarsson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6514823 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature